[Qgis-psc] [Qgis-user] Accessing qGIS APT repositories using Tor

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

The reason I propose to not do anything is that it makes it hard to block hosts that are acting badly on our servers. Though I guess getting details makes more sense than my response :-)

Regards

Tim

> On 21 Apr 2020, at 20:37, Marco Bernasocchi <marco at qgis.org> wrote:
> 
> I have no idea. 
> some people use tor by default connectivity. or maybe because of cloudflare being a us company.
> 
> plenty possible reasons, easier to ask :)
> cheers
> 
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2020, 21:32 Andreas Neumann, <a.neumann at carto.net <mailto:a.neumann at carto.net>> wrote:
> Hi Marco,
> 
> Yes, we could ask. Probably some kind of special casing, or rewrite rules on the server.
> 
> But I fail to understand why someone wants to install QGIS through Tor? It is not that we are tracking anyone - or are they afraid of Cloudflare tracking?
> 
> Or are there countries who forbid to install QGIS?
> 
> Andreas
> 
> Am 21.04.20 um 21:30 schrieb Marco Bernasocchi:
>> maybe ask them to explain a bit more and what they would need us to do?
>> 
>> cheers
>> 
>> On Tue, 21 Apr 2020, 14:01 Andreas Neumann, <a.neumann at carto.net <mailto:a.neumann at carto.net>> wrote:
>> Forwarding this to the PSC list.
>> 
>> Do we need to do something here?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
>> Betreff:	[Qgis-user] Accessing qGIS APT repositories using Tor
>> Datum:	Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:23:52 -0000
>> Von:	patagioenas <patagioenas at ctemplar.com> <mailto:patagioenas at ctemplar.com>
>> An:	qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
>> 
>> Greetings,
>> 
>> We would like to get in touch with the website operator of qgis.org <http://qgis.org/> in order to discuss an issue regarding the access of the apt-get repositories using Tor (https://www.torproject.org/ <https://www.torproject.org/>).
>> 
>> Long story short: the current CloudFare configuration of qgis.org <http://qgis.org/> is preventing Tor users from installing qGIS using the debian (APT) repositories.
>> 
>> Could you please put us in touch with the website operator? alternatively we can detail the different workarounds here.
>> 
>> Thanks :-)
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