[tor-talk] TBB wants access to port 21

[Michal Zuber]

Oh, sure, my stupidity.
Thank you Roger & Sebastian
Gained new experience :)


On 1/9/15 3:41 PM, Sebastian G. <bastik.tor> wrote:
> 09.01.2015, 13:00 Michal Zuber:
>> Hi,
>> just wanna ask why TBB wants to access port 21?
>> Little Snitch screenshot https://imgur.com/qAs02k7
>>
>> -- 
>> Best regards
>> Michael
> Hi,
>
> that's not a problem if you think it is.
>
> TBB just connects to some entry relay and this particular one listens on
> port 21. You can see it on Globe [1] or Atlas.
>
> Tor relays can accept connections on any port they like.
>
> There are people behind restrictive firewalls that just allow to connect
> to certain ports. It might be that port 5500 is blocked, but a user can
> connect to port 21. Since relays are public, it's not too useful against
> adversaries that actually block connections to the Tor network.
>
> Best Regards,
> Sebastian
>
> [1]
> https://globe.torproject.org/#/relay/1C90D3AEADFF3BCD079810632C8B85637924A58E