[tor-bugs] #3871 [TorDNSEL/TorBEL]: TorBulkExitList.py is offline due to excessive load

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#3871: TorBulkExitList.py is offline due to excessive load
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 Reporter:  lukewest         |          Owner:     
     Type:  defect           |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |      Milestone:     
Component:  TorDNSEL/TorBEL  |        Version:     
 Keywords:                   |         Parent:     
   Points:                   |   Actualpoints:     
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Comment(by sjwright):

 I'm in the same situation as the bug reporter.

 (I'm also very sympathetic to the operators of check.torproject.org -- the
 reason I block TOR is because 99%+ of traffic I get from TOR exit nodes is
 VERY aggressive data scraping and file downloading. Hopefully the
 operators of TOR don't object to me blocking TOR traffic, because my
 blocking it helps do my bit to avoid wasteful use of the network.)

 Replying to [comment:3 arma]:
 > Speaking of which, we could use some help making that new bulkexitlist
 script. Basically, there are two inputs: 1) A text file mapping
 fingerprints to exit IP addresses, and 2) A set of relay descriptors that
 include fingerprint and exit policy.

 In the meantime, '''would it be possible for check.torproject.org to host
 these two source files, sans processing?''' If the current problem is CPU
 load, hosting static files should alleviate the problem for now. And when
 a better script is made available, you could keep these static files
 available in case users want to do the processing locally -- this might be
 helpful if someone would otherwise be doing queries against tens or
 hundreds of different IPs.

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