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Re: cached-routers by e-mail please



Yeah, but unfortunately many firewalls block by IP address. Most of
the time the tor service is only slightly hindered as is the case with
fortiguard filters which only filter a few directories.
Comrade Ringo Kamens

On 7/28/07, Armed Blowfish <armedblowfish@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 27/07/07, Michael Holstein <michael.holstein@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dago Watt wrote:
> > > Could someone please send me his
> > >   .tor/cached-routers
> > > by e-mail. After having been off-line I don't have enough
> > > directory information to build a circuit, and the web-proxy
> > > blocks the regular directory look-up.
> > > Best regards, Dago
> > >
> > >
> > How hard would it be to serve the DirPort via SSL with a self-signed
> > cert? (or have the trusted DirServers sign them)?
> > Web proxies can't inspect HTTPS ...
> >
> > Feature enhancement request?
> >
> > ~Mike.
> >
>
> Well, you can run or request the DirPort on non-default ports.
>
> See http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FirewalledClient
>
> As a client, try the FascistFirewall or ReachableDirAddresses options
> depending on what version of Tor you have.
>
> That would help if the Firewall is blocking by port.
>
> Good luck,
> Armed Blowfish
>