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Am 24.01.2015 um 16:21 schrieb Lukas Erlacher:
> Your idealism is noble, but it isn't going to work that way. IRC
> networks aren't going to open up to Tor more than Freenode already
> does, for the simple reasons that it makes controlling trolls and
> spammers absolutely impossible.

Being connected anonymously doesn't mean this connection has to be without 
authentication. For example, it should be possible to request a NickServ login 
after connecting and allowing to register a nick, but before entering a room. 
Without a room there's not much to spam.

It should also be possible to allow connections from exit relays with SASL 
authentication. Not as good as the above plan, still much better than what we 
have now.

Nerds are the typical kind of persons predestined to run relays as early 
adopters and are also the typical population on Freenode. Similar for many 
other IRC nodes. These two _have_ to match to make Tor popular.

> You should probably run a middle relay until you've learned more
> about this.

What else do I have to "learn"? Using Freenode and running an exit relay don't 
match, the technical details are secondary. At very least Freenode should be 
honest and state that they do not welcome anonymous connections and as such 
make their "welcome to Tor" pointless. I hate marketing speech obfuscating the 
truth.


Markus

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