[tor-relays] Re: Question about middle relays and common web usage annoyances

2024-12-29 Thread Zachary via tor-relays
I wanted to chime in. I run an entry-middle relay in my basement connected to 300mbps fiber. It doesn’t push much traffic but it’s mine and I’m proud. The bank where I do my banking blocked our IP. After carefully explaining the situation to their IT team, they contacted their web host and had

[tor-relays] Re: Question about middle relays and common web usage annoyances

2024-12-26 Thread Eddie via tor-relays
Individual bridge IPs are not published anywhere and so cannot be blocked like this. Unless they are collateral damage from a block of IPs being banned because of relays.  Like all IPs from a VPS provider. Cheers. On 12/26/2024 4:02 AM, ndub via tor-relays wrote: I'm also facing the same pr

[tor-relays] Re: Question about middle relays and common web usage annoyances

2024-12-26 Thread s7r via tor-relays
ndub via tor-relays wrote: I'm also facing the same problem. I'm wondering whether this also happens to bridges and if it doesn't, why not running a bridge ? Because of how everyone *thinks* that understands internet and particularly internet security... not to mention the amount of real us

[tor-relays] Re: Question about middle relays and common web usage annoyances

2024-12-26 Thread ndub via tor-relays
I'm also facing the same problem. I'm wondering whether this also happens to bridges and if it doesn't, why not running a bridge ? -- ndub On 25/12/2024 08:29, Richie via tor-relays wrote: Hi, tierce, can confirm (germany), and afaik a known issue for quite a long time now. Middle node here,

[tor-relays] Re: Question about middle relays and common web usage annoyances

2024-12-25 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
Hello, you will encounter this, Guard node, middle node, or exit node. If a website operator is going to blacklist all relays, then you will not be able to connect to their site, simple as. Also, we need any kind of clean node - especially exit nodes, but also any type of other good (high upt

[tor-relays] Re: Question about middle relays and common web usage annoyances

2024-12-25 Thread Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. via tor-relays
Good morning tierce, I suspect that the sites you're unable to access are using https://www.dan.me.uk/dnsbl or another blocklist provider that naively blocks middle relays and/or entry relays instead of/in addition to exit relays. If you don't want to or can't pay for third-party hosting to mo

[tor-relays] Re: Question about middle relays and common web usage annoyances

2024-12-24 Thread Richie via tor-relays
Hi, tierce, can confirm (germany), and afaik a known issue for quite a long time now. Middle node here, too, and i remember being quite pissed since during the covid heydays, most of the official governmental sites were unreachable from an IP used for a relay. Same goes for communal sites. I aske