Re: another tor issue...? (irc...)

2009-01-05 Thread Udo van den Heuvel
Praedor Atrebates wrote: You will either need to operate an exit node from a separate IP than the computer (physically or via a separate proxy) you wish to connect to freenode with (or use their hidden service) and Slashdot or you will need to forego running an exit, no matter how configured (I

Re: another tor issue...? (irc...)

2009-01-05 Thread Praedor Atrebates
I rather suspect that you are not going to be able to resolve the issue so long as you run an exit. It doesn't matter what sort of traffic you block, all that matters is that your ip will appear in the list of published exit nodes shortly after you start it up and that list will lead to you bei

Re: another tor issue...? (irc...)

2009-01-05 Thread Udo van den Heuvel
Praedor Atrebates wrote: To regain normal access, you have to ensure you are not running a tor exit AND you need to contact the freenode operators and request you be unblocked, explaining that you are not running (or are no longer running) a tor exit node. I did so, thanks. (worked OK) So how

Re: another tor issue...? (irc...)

2009-01-05 Thread Praedor Atrebates
I have periodically been blocked from freenode (and then run into problems when trying to use the freenode onion service). This has usually happened when/if I run tor, even briefly, as an exit node. Freenode (and others) checks the exit node list and if it sees your IP there, you are blocked f

Re: another tor issue...? (irc...)

2008-12-31 Thread Udo van den Heuvel
Ted Smith wrote: Freenode also has no way of knowing if you're connecting from your machine, or from your exit node. All the traffic from your exit node is "in the clear". They can know that it is me when I authenticate my account. I can't even get to that point. When I disable my exitpolicy it

Re: another tor issue...? (irc...)

2008-12-30 Thread Ted Smith
On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 20:27 +0100, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: > Ted Smith wrote: > > If you run a Tor server, freenode will ban you. > > I have been for some time with no effects. > Their messaging is not very clear to say the least. > The only change I made was add an exit policy for irc recently

Re: another tor issue...? (irc...)

2008-12-30 Thread Udo van den Heuvel
Ted Smith wrote: If you run a Tor server, freenode will ban you. I have been for some time with no effects. Their messaging is not very clear to say the least. The only change I made was add an exit policy for irc recently. I connect(ed) to freenode in the clear. So what the fuss? Why are US-o

Re: another tor issue...? (irc...)

2008-12-30 Thread Ted Smith
If you run a Tor server, freenode will ban you. If you don't mind having a nym, you can send a username and password hash signed with a PGP key to t...@freenode.net, and then connect to their other .onion server, 5t7o4shdbhotfuzp.onion. More info here: http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml#tor On

another tor issue...? (irc...)

2008-12-30 Thread Udo van den Heuvel
Hello, Suddenly I get: Looking up irc.freenode.net * Connecting to chat.freenode.net (85.188.1.26) port 6667... * Connected. Now logging in... * *** Looking up your hostname... * *** Found your hostname, welcome back * *** Checking ident * *** No identd (auth) response * *** Banned: Tor freenod