Tor relay list

1. How many Tor relays are there?
2. What are the list of Tor ports?
3. Why does Tor use 3 relays?
4. Are Tor relays public?
5. What is a Tor exit relay?
6. How does Tor choose relays?
7. Does CIA own Tor?
8. Is Tor relay legal?
9. Which country blocked Tor?
10. Does Tor use TCP or UDP?
11. Does Tor use port 443?
12. How many different relays are there?
13. How many Tor nodes are there in the world?
14. How many types of relays are there in PLC?

How many Tor relays are there?

There are three kinds of relays that you can run in order to help the Tor network: middle relays, exit relays, and bridges.

What are the list of Tor ports?

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports commonly affiliated with Tor include 9001, 9030, 9040, 9050, 9051, and 9150.

Why does Tor use 3 relays?

Tor uses only three relays by default because that's the bare minimum you need for safety. You can always use more…at a price. One would be pointless, since whoever operates that node you chose will see everything. Two is dangerous, because the entry and exit nodes would then be directly connected.

Are Tor relays public?

The design of the Tor network means that the IP address of Tor relays is public. However, one of the ways Tor can be blocked by governments or ISPs is by blocklisting the IP addresses of these public Tor nodes.

What is a Tor exit relay?

Tor exit nodes: A Tor exit node is the last Tor node that traffic passes through in the Tor network before exiting onto the internet.

How does Tor choose relays?

Tor chooses an exit relay which actually allows you to exit the Tor network. Some only allow web traffic (port 80) which is not useful when someone wants to send emails. The exit relay has to have available capacities. Tor tries to choose such exits which have enough ressources available.

Does CIA own Tor?

The Tor Project says that it has always been transparent about its funding sources and that it has no past or present connection to the CIA. "We make free and open source software that's available for anyone to use—and that includes the CIA," says Stephanie Whited, communications director for the Tor Project.

Is Tor relay legal?

We believe that running a Tor relay, including an exit relay that allows people to anonymously send and receive traffic, is legal under U.S. law. Law enforcement, however, often misunderstands how Tor works and has occasionally attributed illegal traffic on the network as originating from a Tor exit relay.

Which country blocked Tor?

Its answer is Connection Assist, which will automatically apply the bridge configuration that should work best in a user's specific location. Countries that have blocked the Tor Network include China, Russia, Belarus and Turkmenistan.

Does Tor use TCP or UDP?

Tor only supports TCP. Non-TCP traffic to the Internet, such as UDP datagrams and ICMP packets, is dropped.

Does Tor use port 443?

The well known TLS port for Tor traffic is 443. Tor commonly uses ports 9001 and 9030 for network traffic and directory information.

How many different relays are there?

The three main types of relays are electromechanical, solid-state, and reed. This overload protection relay reacts to overheating.

How many Tor nodes are there in the world?

Currently, there are eight directory authority nodes, and their health is publicly monitored. The IP addresses of the authority nodes are hard coded into each Tor client. The authority nodes vote every hour to update the consensus, and clients download the most recent consensus on startup.

How many types of relays are there in PLC?

The relays are broadly classified into two types namely electromagnetic relays and solid state relays. The PLCs are also classified into two types namely compact PLC and modular PLC.