exit counts by port number over 61 days

Sebastian Hahn mail at sebastianhahn.net
Sun Apr 19 12:19:28 UTC 2009


On Apr 19, 2009, at 10:21 AM, Tripple Moon wrote:
>> Your list doesn't include for example 22 (ssh), which
>> is absolutely essential for many of us.
> Well see...from my point of view SSH is abuse of the tor-network,  
> namely aiding in hacking other systems. (see my other posts for my  
> logic)
> To use SSH you need an account thats under normal circumstances is  
> known on the other side, thus eliminating the need to anonymize your  
> connection.
> So yea i will advice all that read this to reject that port whole  
> heartly...
>
> IMHO, the intentions of the tor-network are to provide anonymity for  
> data connections where the other side does not _need_ to know who  
> the originator is.
> If i'm wrong there i'm sure it will be told so by many instead of  
> one...

Tor is _not_ just about hiding who you are to a service provider, but  
also about hiding where you go from a local observer (your ISP, other  
people on the same network, etc). Also, access of blocked services  
certainly is a big aspect here. Same goes for hidden services - I  
might be the only person who knows the address of my hidden service,  
and it's still a valid use case.

Please don't try to provoke a big stream of "I think you're wrong,  
too" emails. Go read the website first.

Sebastian



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