* Simon Wilson:

> Noting that whilst some may consider that block excessive, it does
> appear that some 'authorities', including at least the Australian
> government's cyber security department, Fortinet, and others,
> recommend these IPs are blocked.

Which just goes to show how little these so-called "authorities"
understand. Tor middle nodes by design only ever connect to other Tor
nodes, and no "security" whatsoever is gained from blocking their host
IP addresses. Authorities simply hate that they cannot read Tor traffic.
See FUD (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_Uncertainty_and_Doubt).

-Ralph

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