Here's a related link just 5 days ago.
Server host OVH warns of 'multi-stage' hacking attack. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/23/top_server_host_ovh_...
Tor use is now forbidden on Kimsufi's OVH
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#12OVH used to be one of the top host provider.
Last year they removed the unmetered bandwidth and now TOR, VPN too ? (it's unclear to me).
What's next ? no HTTPS, European traffic only ?
seriously this sadden me, lucky for us Online.net is a good challenger.
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#13Makes sense. Tor's nature (and its many dodgy uses) will eventually lead to its demise, alas.
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#14They've not been Tor friendly for a while - and indeed have forbidden Tor for some time, at least according to Tors Good Bad ISPs wiki page - https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISP...
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#15OVH used to be one of the top host provider. Last year they removed the unmetered bandwidth and now TOR, VPN too ? (it's unclear to me). What's next ? no HTTPS, European traffic only ? seriously this sadden me, lucky for us Online.net is a good challenger.
They just removed their traffic limits a few days ago.
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#16How do they detect the use of a proxy though? That's what I don't understand. Tor's exit nodes are not broadcast, or are they?
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#17"Pour des raisons de sécurité, l’ensemble des services IRC (à titre non-exhaustif : bots, proxy, bouncer, etc.), services de navigation anonyme (généralement appelés proxy), nœuds TOR, ne sont pas autorisés sur le réseau OVH sauf autorisation écrite d’OVH. OVH se réserve le droit de suspendre tout serveur sur lequel ces éléments seraient utilisés sans autorisation préalable d’OVH." It looks like anything looking like…
Proxies were already forbidden since 2010 (I think).
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#18"Pour des raisons de sécurité, l’ensemble des services IRC (à titre non-exhaustif : bots, proxy, bouncer, etc.), services de navigation anonyme (généralement appelés proxy), nœuds TOR, ne sont pas autorisés sur le réseau OVH sauf autorisation écrite d’OVH. OVH se réserve le droit de suspendre tout serveur sur lequel ces éléments seraient utilisés sans autorisation préalable d’OVH." It looks like anything looking like…
For security reasons, all IRC services (including bots, proxies, bouncers, etc.), anonymous navigation services (also known as proxies), TOR nodes, are not allowed on the OVH network without written authorization from OVH. OVH reserves the right to suspend any server on which these services are used without prior authorization from OVH.
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#19The relevant French: "depuis quelques mois, nous avons eu plusieurs affaires juridiques lié à l'utilisation de plusieurs réseaux TOR dans le cas de la pedo et on va désormais l'interdire au même titre que tous les systèmes d'anonymisation." My (amateur) translation, cleaning up Google translate (which doesn't recognize Tor as a proper name): "For several months, we've had many legal matters related to the use of TOR…
Weird, the French part looks like the output of a translator. There are a few faults of vocabulary, grammar and sentence structure.
Your translation is correct though.
Re: Tor use is now forbidden on Kimsufi's OVH
#20How do they detect the use of a proxy though? That's what I don't understand. Tor's exit nodes are not broadcast, or are they?
The list of Exit nodes is publicly accessible. All you have to do is check if any of your IPs are in that list.