[tor-talk] Anybody else having problems with Hushmail via Tor?

Joe Btfsplk joebtfsplk at gmx.com
Thu Oct 27 16:32:59 UTC 2011


On 10/21/2011 11:52 PM, Jim wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Perhaps a few days ago when I was trying to access Hushmail via Tor I 
> was told my "computer" was blocked, possibly because of abuse.  A 
> quick modification of torrc to exlcude a few particular exit nodes let 
> me access Hushmail.  Afterwards, I reverted torrc, removing the 
> exclusions, and I have subsequently used Hushmail several times w/o 
> problems. Tonight I am having problems again and this time I am seeing 
> the problems on a number of different exit nodes.  I am wondering if 
> essentially the whole Tor network has become poisoned as far as 
> Hushmail is concerned.
>
> Is anybody else seeing any problems?
>
>
Don't know for sure, but it's possible for a given time period / day, if 
Hushmail gets X people trying to access accts from same (Tor) addresses, 
they perceive it as possible hacking attempt or other malicious 
activity.  They may not know it's a Tor address / node, just that 
they're getting multiple requests to access diff accts from same IP 
address.  Just a guess.

How many, if any, users access Hushmail via Tor on a given day from same 
IP address could vary day to  day.  Some email servers also don't like 
it if you use an exit node in foreign countries, diff from one used to 
set up the acct.


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