[Foundation-l] TOR Nodes

[Platonides]

Alex wrote:
> There's a fundamental difference between the two. An open proxy can be 
> used by just about anyone from anywhere, making them attractive for 
> people trying to avoid a block/ban, spam/vandalbots, or people who don't 
> want to be traced. If school IPs were used for any of those purposes 
> rather than common vandalism, it probably would be hardblocked. The main 
> difference is registered account abuse (hardblock) vs. IP abuse 
> (softblock). A school IP can only be used by people *in the school* and 
> depending on how many IP addresses a school owns may or may not even be 
> shared (colleges have their own IPs too).
> 
> A better comparison would be wireless access points, most of which can 
> be used by anyone with a laptop willing to go to it, but still much more 
> limited in access than open proxies. (I can use an open proxy in India 
> from the USA, I'm not about to fly there to use a WAP.)

Right. Now please go and explain that difference to the enwiki admins 
blocking non-OP with reason "Open proxy".