11 Feb
2012
11 Feb
'12
5:07 p.m.
Hi Johnathon,
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 04:53:38PM +0000, Johnathon wrote:
As far as I'm aware, this is a 'bridge' to
the standard ssl/encrypted Tor network, not an exit node, so blocking 25/22 shouldn't
be nessasary?
Re exit nodes, I've seen white-hats using them to shutdown an entire botnet before.
It's not just the blacks/greys who use Tor.
You would have to take a personal judgement call on whether you feel
the hassle of the bad traffic outweighs the benefit of the good.
I receive automated alerts nearly every day regarding Tor exit nodes
at BitFolk being used to connect to botnet C+C IRC channels. The
only reason why I don't pass *those* on is because I know the people
sending them don't expect a reply and I know my customer is just
going to go "uh, it's Tor". These are most likely not whitehats
shutting them down.
Maybe I *should* start passing those on too, just so that Tor exit
node operators can get some view on the scale of abuse they are
enabling along with all the free speech.
Cheers,
Andy