OK, I'll get on the forum from another network and messaging an admin. I'll try explaining what Tor is in the hopes that they will at least consider unblocking non-exit relays (probably won't happen but it's worth trying).
Thanks. On Aug 13, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Chris Whittleston <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had similar issues in the UK running a middle relay from my home IP. > For a while I couldn't access any NHS websites or any BBC media, news, > iPlayer etc. > > After reporting both and explaining they were unblocked some time later - I > never received a definitive explanation. So yes as already suggested, > notify them off the issue and politely explain where they can find out more > about Tor. I found Twitter to be a surprisingly good channel for contacting > the BBC tech guys. > > Good luck getting it resolved, > > Chris > On 13 Aug 2014 18:22, "Jesse Victors" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA384 >> >> I don't know about that. The number of site that ban all Tor nodes (exits >> and non-exits alike) is relatively low compared to the number of websites >> that don't. The banning happens when trigger-happy sysadmins think that 1) >> IP address == user, and 2) that banning all Tor nodes stops only spammers. >> Neither are true, but like Thomas said they probably just downloaded a list >> and banned all the nodes and didn't think about the 2.4 million Tor users. >> I've run relays from my own IP address with very little problems to speak >> of. Certainly you don't want to run an exit on your IP, that's a different >> story. >> >> Christopher, from another machine/IP, send a message to the admins of that >> forum and explain. Be polite, explain what error message you are seeing, >> and ask if your IP could be unbanned so that you can access their >> discussion forum as part of your work. You could also explain that Tor is >> an anonymity layer on top of TCP, and as your machine simply passes >> encrypted data through the Tor network and not out of it, it poses no risk >> of spam or abuse from anyone using Tor. If you feel that it's necessary, >> concisely explain what Tor is, pulling from descriptions on torproject.org. >> I think if your reasonable and work with them, you have a good chance of >> resolving this. If not, use a different IP for accessing the Apple forum. >> You can use an SSH tunnel, VPN, or a proxy if you need to. >> >> - -- >> Jesse V. >> >> >> >> On 08/13/2014 04:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> Don't run a relay from your own IP address. Pretty standard advice >>> there sorry regardless if it's an exit or non-exit. I guess the people >>> at Apple simply downloaded every Tor server IP and put no effort into >>> reading the differences between types of relay because to be fair, >>> they aren't paid to give a damn as long as it stops problems. >>> >>> You could pop an email off to their customer support, but honestly I >>> wouldn't get your hopes up with Apple. >>> >>> -T >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ >> >> iQF8BAEBCQBmBQJT651rXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w >> ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQxMjgyMjhENjEyODQ1OTU1NzBCMjgwRkFB >> RDk3MzY0RkMyMEJFQzgwAAoJEK2XNk/CC+yAv9AH/0escYcwLAbUgbNRKCCQ0yY5 >> ugYHBnveTv6FIEPzDwPC/ZiinyQcc6IiYl+Qm6XfwavmHKkbMjDR2/OCjh53Mcop >> HIP9QcBQ/81ZdJCp9YH21FPnKozkzAAI3JNgVR0/0cRp/dd8EsARIN4lEWuHCXkE >> CfpCUuFNDHcv7OY3kgnd81byT034ZnoZFlJX3MJmVvpYmv+w/BIsUzd3jTEi2R6y >> /+ExKwbKc3d0LzHubv3E1Y54B1mIwF+5MbLn7jUYjv55/IDKvuBYTmInj50ygv7o >> AoRr+c0drDdoXahG14ltNtB9mbzMPmlStsWJ8q5AYSmqS8TJzcsXSNyT1y6QpPU= >> =XjfD >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-relays mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >> > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
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