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Re: Problems with irc because of tor?
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scar @ 11/23/2008 11:45 PM:
> Praedor Atrebates @ 11/20/2008 01:08 PM:
>> [snip]
>> Why does running tor suddenly cause me to be unable to connect to freenode? I
>> am NOT running a torified irc client.
>
> if you have tor configured as an exit node on the same IP address, then
> that is probably why. freenode is probably just looking at the list of
> exit nodes and acting accordingly.
>
>> Also, where's the address 127.0.0.1
>> coming from? Why is my REAL IP address now invisible (apparently) and tor
>> causing sites to think I am trying to use the <illegal> localhost IP?
>
> i think that IP is generated by the freenode server. they could have
> configured their server to just say that IP address when they ban any
> address...
>
>
oops, sorry about that. i thought no one had replied to you since
*ahem* some people's clients break threading ;) looking further through
the unread mails, i see that wasn't the case. hopefully my reply wasn't
completely useless....
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