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Re:Unpatched iOS bug blocks VPNs from encrypting all traffic by duskwuff on Thursday March 26, 2020 @07:03PM (#22698891)
> due to the variable nature of the network it’s difficult to block.

Due to the fact that the Tor project provides a variety of lookup tools to determine whether an IP is an exit node -- including a DNS-based lookup -- it's trivial to block Tor users.

https://www.torproject.org/projects/tordnsel.html.en

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Re:Unpatched iOS bug blocks VPNs from encrypting all traffic by artificial on Thursday March 26, 2020 @07:10PM (#22698937)
Yet it isn’t blocked while this VPN is.
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Re:Unpatched iOS bug blocks VPNs from encrypting all traffic by judge2020 on Thursday March 26, 2020 @08:02PM (#22699258)
But your reasoning is incorrect - in fact, site owners can block Tor in Cloudflare with a single, easy to configure firewall rule.

> Tor doesn’t have a static number of exit nodes and due to the variable nature of the network it’s difficult to block.

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Re:Unpatched iOS bug blocks VPNs from encrypting all traffic by kcolford on Thursday March 26, 2020 @08:32PM (#22699423)
Really? I don't think I've seen that before. Where is that?
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Re:Unpatched iOS bug blocks VPNs from encrypting all traffic by duskwuff on Thursday March 26, 2020 @09:33PM (#22699760)
It's treated like a country, with country code "T1". Site operators can create rules which apply special handling to visitors from the exotic country of Torlandia. ;)

https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/203306930-U...

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