The TOR directory of exit nodes is readily available for ISP's and website operators to apply in their filters. I don't see why them putting the onus on tens of thousands of exit operators to exit-block THEIR addresses is in any way reasonable.
On 2015-10-20 12:51, yl wrote: > Hello, > I received an abuse email today from my hoster (several emails from > webiron in one email), typical automated abuse emails, not much > information. > > However, they request, if the origin IP is > > a Tor exit, to block the full > /24 subnet. As they also state, they will not provide the full IP of > there customer and request to block the exit to the /24. > > Any thoughts on this? I don't like to block the whole /24, just because > one idiot using one of the IPs is using some snake oil service like > webiron, the collateral damage is to big in my eyes. All other IPs in > the same range will be blocked as well. > > Why should I even care about blocking such IPs given by webiron? In my > opinion the blocking is useless from my side and in the worst case the > users of webiron will block my exit node IP. Would it be better for the > tor network if I'd block the IPs? Is there any bad consequences if I > don't for the Tor network? > > Let me know your thoughts. The services URL is https://www.webiron.com [1], > don't need to go there, I didn't because such services are just useless. > Better use fail2ban or something similar. > > Greeting > yl > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays [2] Links: ------ [1] https://www.webiron.com [2] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
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