On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:33 AM, David Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/9/2011 10:11 AM, Jon wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM, David Carlson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I just tried to access a few IRC channels on a couple of different IRC >>> servers (gnone.org, gimp.org, and their associates)and they all are >>> giving me this same message: >>> >>> *** Banned: Open proxy or TOR (auto-detected tor-irc.dnsbl.oftc.net; >>> pre-join gline) (2011/06/09 16.07) >>> >>> as well as being G-Lined (whatever that means) >>> >>> I think that I succeeded in attaching to irc.oftc.net so now I want to >>> ask someone there about this but I got lost in the Tor documentation and >>> I do not know what conversation to join there, so I am trying tor-talk. >>> >>> It appears that I am banned because either my IP Address or the address >>> of whichever exit node might be delivering my traffic is 'on the list' >>> >>> Originally, Pidgin was configured to use the default connection >>> configuration, but I re-configured it to use socks5 Host 127.0.0.1 port >>> 9050 and I get the same result. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >> >From my IRC experience's, unfortunately on the majority of the >> published IRC networks, Tor IP address have been banned. You may get >> logged in to the server, but generally, you will get klined or even >> glined in a few minutes. ( the gline and kline are just a different >> type of network ban ) >> >> This may vary from net work to net work and I have seen some actually >> get thru and stay logged in. Obviously the Tor's channel on the IRC >> network they are on as far as I know they have no issues with the >> proxy's >> >> If your looking for a IRC network to use Tor, you may have to just go >> thru the posted listing of networks and see which ones let you in. >> >> Sometimes it is also a hit and miss. Gud luck >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > I want to join a channel on irc.gimp.org by whatever means works, using > Tor or not. > > Further investigation has gotten me to the point that I should somehow > e-mail the administrator of irc.gimp.org and ask him/her about > alternatives. However, I have not been able to find his/her e-mail > address. It is not available on the gimp.org website. Is there a way > to use whois or some means to get that information? > > > > _______________________________________________
I just logged into the network. Unfortunately the Network Admin or the Server Admin is not listed in there MOTD. All I am able to get is info about the server they are running for their IRCD. Since the web page seems to be in Swedish, I can't translate it, but you might try to contact the webmaster and maybe he/her can help Gud Luck :) _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
