[tor-relays] First Tech CU apparently blocking all Tor nodes

[Geoff Down]

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015, at 11:37 PM, Tor Relay @ WeFu.Org wrote:
> It appears that First Tech Federal Credit Union is blocking all Tor
> nodes (including non-exit nodes) from connecting to their website,
> http://www.firsttechfed.com 
> 
> This seems ... misguided on their part. Blocking exit nodes is one
> thing, but preventing random people who happen to run a Tor middle node
> from seeing anything on their website is rather over the top.
> 
> They do not appear to be listed on
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/doc/ListOfServicesBlockingTor
> yet. If other people also observe the blocking, they should probably be
> added.
> 
> I wanted to check with the list to make sure it is not just me, and get
> suggestions about the best way to approach First Tech and encourage them
> to re-consider this overly broad blocking.

Not just you. I had a similar problem with another site: the admin was
unintentionally blocking all relays rather than just exits, he claimed
that the naming of the relay lists downloadable from Torproject was
'unclear'.
GD

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