Can governments block tor?

[Arrakistor]

Is  there a protocol to keep that hidden? I have a hard time imagining
secret  rendezvous addresses for dir servers for tor, without actually
using tor.

Regards,
 Arrakistor

Saturday, August 12, 2006, 4:46:33 PM, you wrote:

> Isn't it more likely that rather than blocking it, they monitor
> who uses it (i.e., who connects to entry points?)


> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Nick Mathewson <nickm at freehaven.net>
> To: or-talk at freehaven.net
> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 5:20:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Can governments block tor?

> On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 03:15:39PM -0500, Arrakistor wrote:
>> 
>> I  am  sure  this  has  been  answered  before,  but my email logs are
>> destroyed.
>> 
>> Can  a  government  find  out  what  IP  addresses that tor originally
>> connects to in order to get directory information?

> Currently, yes, if the government employs anybody who knows how to
> download Tor and read C.   I would imagine that most governments do.

> We're working on this.

> rtfm'ly yrs,