Rack::DetectTor

Rack middleware for detecting Tor exits.

Rack::DetectTor determines whether a user is connecting via a Tor exit relay. It adds an environment variable tor_exit_user to the request.env object with a value of true or false.

Usage

Add the gem to your Gemfile:

gem 'rack-detect-tor'

and add it to your middleware stack. In config.ru:

require 'rack-detect-tor'

use Rack::DetectTor, 'external_ip' => [ip],
                     'external_port' => [port],
                     'update_frequency' => 3600

It is recommended to provide external_ip and external_port (see below). update_frequency is how often Rack::DetectTor will update its list of Tor exits. It defaults to one hour (3600 seconds).

Note on external_ip and external_port

You are not required to provide these. However:

It's important to provide the external_ip and external_port values, corresponding with the external IP and port of your web server. Many Tor relays are configured not to allow connections on port 80/443/etc. If you don't provide or are unable to provide the external IP of your web server, the value added to request.env['tor_exit_user'] will tell you only that the IP corresponds with A Tor exit, not necessarily one that is configured to relay connections to your website.

License

MIT license. See LICENSE.

Author

Warren Guy warren@guy.net.au

https://warrenguy.me