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== Identifying IPs that are/were Tor exit nodes == | == Identifying IPs that are/were Tor exit nodes == | ||
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What we can tell about how it works: | What we can tell about how it works: | ||
* during a period from XXXX to | * during a period from XXXX to XXXX it read from the Tor Project bulk list service (link?) | ||
* after | * after XXXX, it pulls from the newer "Onionoo" service | ||
* pulls perioditically, typically from a cronjob | * pulls perioditically, typically from a cronjob | ||
=== Blocked by Administrators MediaWiki === | |||
=== Blocked by Administrators | |||
* Blocks are recorded in Special:Log (e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&hide_thanks_log=1&hide_patrol_log=1&hide_tag_log=1&hide_review_log=1 ENWP]). | * Blocks are recorded in Special:Log (e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&hide_thanks_log=1&hide_patrol_log=1&hide_tag_log=1&hide_review_log=1 ENWP]). | ||
=== Blocked by a Bot === | === Blocked by a Bot === | ||
There are at least some bots that seem to automatically find and block open proxies: | There are at least some bots that seem to automatically find and block open proxies: | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ProcseeBot ProcseeBot] (apparently closed source but we could contact the author/operator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Slakr Slakr] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ProcseeBot ProcseeBot] (apparently closed source but we could contact the author/operator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Slakr Slakr] | ||
== Structure of Special:Log XML file == | == Structure of Special:Log XML file == | ||
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== Open questions == | == Open questions == | ||
* There are notes in | * There are notes in the log that suggest that some IP addresses are "confirmed Tor Nodes" (e.g., ???) that are blocked through MediaWiki. Why are these not caught? Are they are in CollectTor? | ||
* Why does the distribution of edits edits over the time periods that IPs are marked as exit nodes in our dataset of Tor exit node "spells" not bunch up near the beginning of the period when the IP is a new Tor node and the IP seems less likely to be blocked? Why are there Tor exit nodes that seem to have been listed in CollectTor for long periods of time without being blocked by Wikipedia? | * Why does the distribution of edits edits over the time periods that IPs are marked as exit nodes in our dataset of Tor exit node "spells" not bunch up near the beginning of the period when the IP is a new Tor node and the IP seems less likely to be blocked? Why are there Tor exit nodes that seem to have been listed in CollectTor for long periods of time without being blocked by Wikipedia? | ||
* If TorBlock identifies a Tor exit node, are these IP addresses added to or reflected in the Special:Log block log? | * If TorBlock identifies a Tor exit node, are these IP addresses added to or reflected in the Special:Log block log? | ||
* Does an IP address need to make an edit first in order to be blocked as an open proxy? Can we find examples of this happening? If so, is it always bots | * Does an IP address need to make an edit first in order to be blocked as an open proxy? Can we find examples of this happening? If so, is it always bots? | ||
* What bots are involved in detecting and blocking IP addresses that are open proxies (especially Tor). | * What bots are involved in detecting and blocking IP addresses that are open proxies (especially Tor). | ||