Isn't it more likely that rather than blocking it, they monitor who uses it (i.e., who connects to entry points?)
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From: Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 5:20:31 PM
Subject: Re: Can governments block tor?
On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 03:15:39PM -0500, Arrakistor wrote:
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> I am sure this has been answered before, but my email logs are
> destroyed.
>
>
Can a government find out what IP addresses that tor originally
> connects to in order to get directory information?
Currently, yes, if the government employs anybody who knows how to
download Tor and read C. I would imagine that most governments do.
We're working on this.
rtfm'ly yrs,
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Nick Mathewson