Re: [Full-disclosure] Tool Release - Tor Blocker

["Marco Ermini" <markoer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/4/06, Bill Weiss <houdini+full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
> 1) Where did you get that list from?  The Tor server I run (which has
> been up continually for over a year) isn't in it.
>
> 2) Some of us use our Tor servers for "legitimate" traffic as well.
> You'll block all of that traffic.  Are you sure you don't want the
> traffic of the 50+ people who use this server?

That's the same for me...


> 3) I think you've just suggested giving a webpage (one which may be
> hostile towards your goals) control over who can and cannot access your
> web server.  What happens if one day that CGI hands you a list containing
> every IP in your /24?  I know that, if I ran said webpage, I would be
> tempted to do so every once in a while.
>
> Even if you're looking for addresses in your own address space, what
> about other useful pages?  Business partners, customers, etc.
>
> 4) As others have pointed out, bad choice of a signature for the
> beginning of this thread :)
>
> 5) Rebuilding (reinserting, etc) the module every time the nodes list
> changed (> 1 / day) would suck.

And these points are good, too.


Cheers
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Marco Ermini
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