blocking tor is not the right way forward. It may just be the right way backward.

["Joel Jose" <joeljose420 () gmail com>]

its not just fair game. we had discussed it in tor irc chan. ok so you just
made a apache mod for the black list. tor always did and always do allow
anyone to block tor users if they please. but the easiness which tor gives
for the blocking must not be overused to deny tor communications even for
legitimate purposes(definition vague).

hopefully the blacklists, apache mods.. and other methods of blocking tor
are not "default" enabled. And hopefully the security cookbooks and other
HOWTO's dont come with a default recommendation to enable these tor blocking
modules.

The admin needs to be educated about tor. Ideally he must be able to decide
for himself the balance betrween anonimity and performance. He should be
empowered to take his own decision. An educated and well informed decision.
Remember " if privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy".. and
hackers have better ways to protect their privacy.. but as of today..
legitimate users dont have that luxury.. tor is thier most practical hope.

joel.

--
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an
evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil
that they set out to destroy.
                     - Christopher Dawson, The Judgment of Nations

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