[tor-talk] effect of Tor exit IP addresses listed on a few blacklists?

coderman coderman at gmail.com
Sat Aug 11 03:27:58 UTC 2012


On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Joe Btfsplk <joebtfsplk at gmx.com> wrote:
> ...
> Since there are sites on "whatismyipaddress.com's blacklist-check" that seem
> totally dedicated to tracking / listing Tor addresses, seems a good bet _any
> sites using this list_ will block many / ? most ? Tor addresses.  So far, I
> checked ~ 12 exit addresses from US, DE - all showed up on *a few* sites on
> whatismyipaddress.com's "list."

this is why you see aggressive use of "new" exits by various parties
who are interested using in Tor exits before they get listed. they
write their own controllers for the purpose even...

as for impact, the majority of complaints i've seen are from
individuals who run an exit from their home and have trouble accessing
email, other services once identified as a Tor exit.  most hosting
providers don't seem to care if your IP gets listed, only if you're
sending abusive traffic from it that is reported to them.


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