Ive just posted this as a comment on Rogers excellent @torproject blog post, but since I cant seem to link to the comment (?) Ill repost it here. Responding to a question of whether Facebook blocks normal Tor exit nodes, I wrote: « Hi. This (blocking) should not be the case - or, if blocks have been put in place for a given exit node then it is not because of its status as a Tor exit node, and in time the blocks will likely expire or be removed. The goal of the experimental Facebook onion address is to provide a more accessible and secure Tor-based means of access to Facebook in addition to what is already available. We currently see no benefit in intentionally blocking legitimate access via Tor exit nodes, not least because Tor exit nodes are publicly listed and easily identified and there appears to be little value in prioritising one form of Tor-sourced traffic over another. It is possible that this stance may change in future but I find it difficult to comprehend what benefit would come from doing so. In the meantime I would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that the Facebook onion address is an experiment and that there will be implementation and user-interface changes as time progresses. As mentioned in the original blog post, one of these will be work related to possibly making the Facebook mobile website available, which might also provide also features which have been requested by many people who access Facebook over Tor. In the process of deployment there may be occasional brief service outages, but we shall endeavour to minimise such surprises. Again, to quote the blogpost: the onion service is of an evolutionary and slightly flaky nature. Best wishes :-) Alec Muffett Security Infrastructure Facebook Engineering London »
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 19:37:42 +0000
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