PSA: Carnegie Mellon University still running (untrustable, probably malicious) tor exit nodes - BLOCK THEM!

In case you missed it, in November 2015 news hit the headlines claiming the US FBI worked with Carnegie Mellon University in an effort to deanonymize tor users and bring down DNM players who ended up in handcuffs and later, I think, prison. I think nobody knows exactly what happened, but here are some headlines from the time:

Today I landed on a Carnegie Mellon University tor exit node which seems to be in the range of their exit nodes. You might want to block them in your torrc file or by other methods if possible. Please somebody more technically competent than I respond to this thread with instructions.

Here's the one I landed on and the pool of them via http://ipleak.com/full-report/

IP Leak privacy test: IP-address, DNS, WebRTC and others

IP address 204.194.29.4

IP ADDRESS: 204.194.29.4 Anonymous Proxy [REDACTED VPN ADVERTIZEMENT]

ADDRESS TYPE: IPv4

HOSTNAME: 204.194.29.4

ISP: Carnegie Mellon University

ORG: Carnegie Mellon University

IP POOL: 204.194.28.0 - 204.194.31.255

TIMEZONE: America/New_York (UTC-4)

LOCATION TIME: [BLANK]

COUNTRY: Anonymous Proxy

STATE: not determined

REGION: not determined

COORDINATES: 0, 0

SHOW: [BLANK]

Connection type: cable or DSL

Stay safe! Don't let the life crushers capture you for your non-violent "crimes."

SOLUTION: Write on any given blank line in your torrc file (as the proper privileged user):

ExcludeNodes 204.194.28.0/22

Thanks, /u/blaklite2!


Comments


[3 Points] a_dood_in_shadowz:

How do I block these exit nodes?


[2 Points] blaklite2:

ExcludeNodes 204.194.28.0/22


[1 Points] None:

especially the exit nodes!! they are the weak link in tor and sniffers are capturing sensitive data


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