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[tor-dev] stopping the censoring of tor users.



hello there! i don't know if this mailing list works but i thought of giving it a try.

i was lately reading an article (http://www.pcworld.com/article/3037180/security/tor-users-increasingly-treated-like-second-class-web-citizens.html)
Âand it was about tor users getting blocked from accessing alot of website. but after giving this some thought i think i came up with a possible solution to the problem :there is a thing called bridges, they are used to access the tor network without your isp knowing that you use tor, but if you can use those proxies to enter the network, it might also be possible to exit the network with them. But then we face a second challenge, the exit nodes have to be configured in such a way that it will relay traffic to such a bridge, so the exit node owners also need to know the ip of the bridge. While this doesn't seem difficult to do, it can become difficult. You see if the bridges are published on a public list(like normal bridges are) then the blocking sites in question will be able to block those address too. While this also posses a problem, a possible solution could be found in something called flashproxies, flashproxies are bridges with a really short life span, they are created and destroyed fairly swiftly, when this is done in a rapid pace, they become really hard to block because the ip changes all the time. So if the exit nodes can be configured to make use of such flash proxies, then the problem could be solved. I Must admit that not an expert on this or anything, and it needs alot of more thought, but it could work.ï so i was wondering if there are any experts who could help me with thinking out this subject and maybe confirm if this idea could work.


greetings, blacklight
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