Hye,

I tried Tor and I2P network but I saw that a lot of IP marked "TOR' was blocked by protowall.
do you have an explanation ?

thanks

Sl

Hi.. We list Proxy and TOR IP's in the proxy list for people who want to block those types of connections. If you are using the pre made Paranoid IP filter , then that also has the proxy block list.

Just a thought here, but maybe they are asking WHY Tor & I2P is blocked. What is the security risk. Why would someone want to block Tor for instance? I kinda heard around that TOR was pretty much anonymous???? I am curious about these also.

Thanx.

The proxy list is specialized and kept separate from the other lists.
People who use this particular list are as varied as their reasons,
but the most popular reason is for social networking sites like IRC
chat servers, blogs, open wikis like WikiPedia and forums like this
one to prevent people and spammers who have been banned from
using proxies to circumvent bans.

Some anti-P2P groups may also use proxies to evade blocklists, so
you will probably see the proxy list included in some of the larger
one-size-fits-all lists that people use to protect their P2P programs.

As you may know proxies help to hide people's real identity online and many people just aren't comfortable with accepting connections from any people who are trying to hide from being identified in any way.

The obvious main security risk with any proxies & Tor network would be that it's possibly allowing anti-p2p groups to connect with you and bypass your IP filters altogether. Depends how paranoid you are, but if you don't like that idea, the lists are there for you to use. If you think it's unlikely that you are at risk from proxies then you don't need to use the proxy list.

There's really no way to tell if it's friend or foe on the other end of that proxy you are connecting with. It's impossible to say if proxies are heavily used by anti p2p enforcers, Micro$ofts henchman the BSA are one group known to use them in their activities.

The Tor network has also been compromised with rogue servers on the network established just to spy on the traffic and collect information.

eg:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/23/tor_abuse/
http://www.theprivacyblog.com/online-priva...ppers-paradise/

hye,

thanks for your complete reply even if my question wasn't very complete !