On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 09:42:39AM +0200, Remi Vanicat wrote: > Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes: > > Hi folks, > [...] > > On the subject of collateral damage: some will point out that tor is a > > service with legitimate applications, including some that are close to the > > heart of many on this list, such as protection against invasion of privacy > > by corporations, defense against persecution by totalitarian governments, > > and freedom of association for at-risk women. While these are all valid > > uses of tor, I believe the intersection of these uses with posting to the > > debian-women mailing list is approximately zero: while we don't want to be > > responsible for preventing such people from contributing to Debian in > > general, there's no need for them to be able to post to debian-women in the > > process, and in many cases it's probably safer for them if they don't do so. > > I'm not aware of any legitimate posters to this list that are using tor when > > sending mail, and I can't think of any realistic cases in which it would be > > necessary for someone to do so. > Could it be possible to also add a whitelist for the (improbable) case > when someone have a legitimate reason for it? I imagine so. > By the way, such a whitelist could be added only when needed. Yep. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature