Re: [tor-relays] Amazon abuse report

On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:43:41 +0000, Paritesh Boyeyoko wrote: ...

This is something which has always confused/annoyed me. How can a Tor node (unless it's exposing its SOCKS interface to the whole world) be classed as an "open proxy"?

The 'open proxy' is simply a tag on the IP address; it does not say that the openness actually exists at that address.

Yes, Exit Relays exit to the clear Internet but they're not exactly open to clients for connection (unless specifically configured that way).

Oh, but they are. Anybody with a tor client can use them, and if only a single tor client is run with its socks port exposed then all of the exit relays become 'open proxies' more along your definition.

Andreas