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Re: ietf.org unaccessible for Tor users

2016-03-15 06:12:43


On 3/15/16 11:57 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote:
I fully agree that we ought enable people to access the IETF
site via Tor. That is entirely consistent with [1] (as is
still allowing plaintext, so let's not re-do that discussion:-)
Actually, I'd say that making life harder for people who
choose to use Tor is inconsistent with the spirit of [1]
unless there's some very good reason for that, e.g. if it
put other folks access to the IETF site at significant risk.
I don't think that last is the case.

Unless Tor itself is used for botnet C&C [1,2]?

Eliot

[1]
https://www.defcon.org/images/defcon-18/dc-18-presentations/D.Brown/DEFCON-18-Brown-TorCnC.pdf
[2] http://www.welivesecurity.com/2013/07/24/the-rise-of-tor-based-botnets/


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