Hi,
>
> sajolida:
> irc.oftc.net is blocking Tor lately.
>
For the record:
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>>>>
>>>> Spencer:
>>>> ERROR: Anonymous TOR usage is unavailable
>>>>
>>>
>>> OFTC:
>>> Hello, I have a feeling that this might need to be directed to
>>> another
>>> IRC network; I think our message reads along the lines of "no more
>>> connections are accepted from this IP" or something a lot less useful
>>> than that error message.
>>>
>>> OFTC does occasionally need to turn off new Tor connections due to
>>> abuse,
>>> we're hoping to have a solution in place eventually that reduces how
>>> often
>>> we need to disable Tor network-wide.
>>>
>>> In the meantime, you'll just have to keep retrying periodically to
>>> see if
>>> new connections are allowed or not.
>>>
>>
>> Spencer:
>> See attached. [scrubbed]
>>
>
> OFTC:
> I was wrong about this; this error message does in fact come from OFTC
> when trying to use our web irc service over Tor; I hadn't realized that
> it
> has a different error message from more conventional IRC clients.
>
>>>>
>>>> it seems as if OFTC has attached something ... maybe to a file that
>>>> isn't replaced during updates
>>>>
>
> We do turn Tor off occasionally when it's under abuse but the specific
> web
> irc interface does have that error message. We're currently testing an
> interface to allow authenticated Tor users to connect even when we
> disallow new Tor connections in general.
>
> Feel free to create channels as you wish, keeping in mind that we're
> not
> interested in hosting illegal activities, software-related or not.
>
>>
>> What is a "new" connection defined as? ]
>>
>
> Our Tor blocking is enforced entirely at connect time; existing
> connections aren't disconnected when we block Tor, though the mechanism
> to remove abusers sometimes results in disconnecting unrelated Tor
> users.
>
>>
>> There must be something I can look for in some captures to help
>> resolve this.
>>
>
> Probably the best way forward is to run a local irc client such as
> weechat, quassel, irssi, etc. I don't know if the web gateway will be
> open
> for anonymous Tor users or not.
>
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I never inquired as to what an "authenticated Tor user" is.
Wordlife,
Spencer
