Re: [tor-relays] my IP got blocked

[Patrice <mailinglist@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That‘s a good point!
 And that’s something that I can investigate. I can do something. :-)
I will look up all my divices and I hope I will find some pests.

Kind regards
Kalle

>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> 
>> I`ve got an issue with my local IP address. I am running a relay about
>> 1 
>> year and since 3 or 4 weeks I can`t reach some websites like: ebay or
>> ikea.
>> 
>> All I get is this message:
>> 
>> *
>> *
>> 
>> *Access Denied*
>> You don`t have permission to access "Http://www.ebay.com/" on this
>> server.
>> 
>> Reference # ____looong number______
>> 
>> 
>> I think I am on some blacklists. After I change my IP address all
>> worked 
>> fine for only 2 days.
>> 
>> Can I do something about this?
> 
> That would be Akamai's wonderfully opaque IP reputation system. Unless you're an Akamai customer, there's no way to determine why your IP is blocked. I believe certain types of vulnerability scans / probes set it off, but I've never been able to figure it out for certain.
> 
> In theory, it should drop off the blocklist if the bad behavior stops, but this takes weeks to happen.
> 
> Concrete suggestions:
> 
> If you're running an exit node, give it it's own IP.
> 
> If you're not running an exit, check the devices on your network. One of them may have malware. I don't believe this block is a tor-specific block, it seems like actual malicious traffic needs to happen before it triggers.
> 
> --Sean
> 
> 

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