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But unlike an IP address based blacklist, this should be relatively easy to bypass, right? A BitTorrent like infrastructure, run purely by people for the peopl
by xtacy 16y ago
But unlike an IP address based blacklist, this should be relatively easy to bypass, right? A BitTorrent like infrastructure, run purely by people for the people. Or a HTTP based DNS resolution, as long as it can be bootstrapped.
- mike-cardwell 16y agohttps://www.torproject.org/ https://www.torproject.org/
- xtacy 16y agoThe thing is that running ToR requires much more bandwidth than running a DNS server. So, people may not mind running a DNS server on their computer, as replies fit within a single packet (it was designed that way).
- gasull 16y agoNot really. If the exit Tor node is within the US you won't be able to reach the blocked domain. On the other hand, a free DNS from overseas should work.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoYou can configure Tor to exit from a specific set of countries, or to exclude a specific set of countries from the exit list.
- gasull 16y agoYou are right. Maybe Tor should be configured by default to work that way. Do you have a .torrc that makes Tor to exit from non-censorship countries? I would like to use it. Alternatively, do you have a list of non-censorship countries? NB: If you run a Tor hidden service remove it from your torrc before posting it.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoI don't have such a list no. However, the configuration option is quite simple. If you wanted to block China, Russia and the US, you'd simply add this to your torrc: ExcludeNodes {cn},{ru},{us}
- gasull 16y agoThanks.