Timeline for Does entry node know the clients ipaddress?
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| Aug 19, 2018 at 5:03 | comment | added | torBhakt | I read socks acts as a proxy server, so entry node is actually communicating with the proxy server rather than client directly. So I wanted to know how the entry node knows the clients ip address. | |
| Aug 19, 2018 at 4:57 | comment | added | Mark Luun | If you fear the direct connection you can use bridges with pluggable transports or you set up openvpn connection on a router and connect through this router to the tor network... your ip adress gets hidden from the guard and the vpn only sees encrypted traffic. but use a good vpn provider! | |
| Aug 19, 2018 at 4:54 | comment | added | Mark Luun | They would only see that this ip adress is connected to the tor network, not whats going on inside the connection. | |
| Aug 19, 2018 at 4:52 | comment | added | torBhakt | Then someone(NSA) is gonna find our location. (It's out of context). Coming to your answer - are you saying entry will have socks ip address (proxy). Client->socks-> entry : is it the way circuit is connected ? | |
| Aug 19, 2018 at 4:36 | history | answered | Mark Luun | CC BY-SA 4.0 |