Questions tagged [guard-node]
A guard node is the entry node into the Tor network.
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Could I avoid traffic confirmation attacks by setting up my own guard node?
If I set up my own guard node and always use it when connecting through the Tor network, would I be fully protected from confirmation attacks?
Also, how would my anonymity be affected with such a ...
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What does the middle node of my Tor circuit know about my guard node?
Can the middle node of my Tor circuit detect if I am using a bridge and/or pluggable transport?
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how tor establishes connection on first run?
As far as I know, there are nine hardcoded directory servers in the tor program. So, is it's starting by making one of them as it's guard node and then on step two, obtain data about all other relays ...
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What happens in case of temporary HS guard unavailability?
In my Tor testing environment I noticed that if a HS guard node is unavailable, it is not immediately replaced by using another guard.
I know that entry guards are changed after months (6-9?) but I ...
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Why Tor Browser connects to 3 differents guards but only use one?
I'm using wireshark to learn what is going on when I start tor. I expected to see one communication with an authoritative directory node and then a connection with the guard node, but I get something ...
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Currently (02/09/2019), how many entry guards does Tor choose and for how long are they maintained?
Two years ago, an identical question was done (Currently, how many entry guards does Tor choose and for how long are they maintained?). Now (02/09/2019) I ask the same, because I am seeking for an ...
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Increasing number of middle relays weakens the anonymity?
Tor nodes build encrypted TLS sessions between neighbors to multiplex circuits of users. Multiplexing helps to anonymize users (?).
With an increasing number of middle relays multiplexing becomes ...
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Does restricting guard node choice negatively affect anonymity?
In response to the comment on https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-0306-released-new-series-stable
Is old version of tor node a bottleneck in the whole tor chain (in
sense of security)? Does it ...
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How does selecting new guard relays work?
I've been told guards are selected when a client first connects to the Tor network and used until they disappear.
What constitutes disappearing?
Do all guards need to disappear (and then the whole ...
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Why is it so hard to use an internal relay that has no Guard flag as Guard Relay?
I've set up a tor relay that has no Guard flag, but I want to use it as a Guard relay when I use Tor from outside. But sometimes it works and sometimes not. Why is this so hard and what can I do to ...
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Performance issues in single guard for hidden services
From what I can read in this recent post in the Tor blog, Hidden Services use one single guard, just as regular clients do. How does this affect the performance of hidden services? I know that since ...
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Probability for using a malicious entry-relay with and without Entry-Guards?
Im trying to figure out, what the probability for choosing a malicious entry-guard, depended on the amount of Relays and the fraction of malicious Relays, is.
In the tor-faq it says for using NO ...
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Tor comunicating to other IPs beside my guard node, should it happen?
Running netstat and analyzing my established connections I noticed sometimes tor talks to other IPs that aren't my guard node. I'm not sure if this is supposed to happen because I very very new to ...
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Who can determine the guard-node of a hidden-service?
If someone hosts a hidden-service, then the hidden-service obviously knows its guard-node. I would guess the guard-node knows that it is the guard-node of the tor-application which is used by the ...
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Why do I get connected to TOR nodes that I excluded in TORRC?
I'm testing the TOR browser bundle and I keep getting connected to exit nodes in countries that I've explicitly excluded in my torrc:
StrictNodes 1
ExcludeExitNodes {ad},{ar},{au},{at},{bs},{by},{be},...
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What percentage/ratio of entry nodes reside in 14 Eyes or NATO affiliated countries?
I spent a good amount of time editing my Tor configuration files to switch in between entry nodes and found that eventually after excluding all nodes, I was lastly routed through Kyrgyzstan. I only ...
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Advertised bandwidth rising but consensus weight falling?
I am a new non-exit relay operator, currently running TOR v4.5.4 rc on a RaspberryPi 3B+, on a FTTH connection.
My relay is https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/...
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Not possible to connect some countries
I was running Tor-0.2.9.9 till yestoday, thene I updated to the new version Tor-0.4.5.5-rc now i cannot connect to Japan or India anymore and also to some other countries. In version Tor-0.2.9.9 it ...
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guard node IP is european (FR or DE)
Why is my guard french or german if my IP is from Singapore? I downloaded the Tor installation file from Singapore but my guard is still french.
Why is it like this? I suppose to get asian circuit.
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tor log shows ignoring ExcludeNodes?
Tor Log says:
[WARN] Not using bridge at [scrubbed]: it is in ExcludeNodes.
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[NOTICE] Opened Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150
It minds that my tor, conexion/router have been hacked?
To put you ...
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Non-exit fluctuating guard flag
I'm trying to understand the criteria by which authorities determine their vote for the guard flag in order to elucidate why this flag on my relay is flapping. I see a scattering of information from ...
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Why don't we have more than one entry node per tor circuit?
A typical tor circuit has
Browser -> entryNode(A) -> relay(B) -> exitNode(C) -> Server
This is prone to timing related attacks if both entryNode and exitNode are controlled by the ...
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Extra Entry Guards, Duplicate Relays, and Similar Exit Nodes: Is this how Tor is supposed to work?
Similar nodes are acting as multiple exit nodes with names such as Pwner1 and Pwner2 and other exit nodes have exactly the same name for multiple circuits but with different fingerprints such as PWNEE....
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Does my internet speed matter?
Does my internet speed matter if I use same circuit, nodes/hops?
There are 3 PC's:
1st one is connected to 100Mbps internet speed
2nd 500Mbps internet speed
3rd 1Gbps internet speed
In case all of ...
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Automated way to fetch Tor guard IPs?
Is there a way to fetch all the Tor guard IPs from the Tor Project website? I looked for an API but could not see. The information is actually public, but I cannot nicely fetch it, only see it in the ...
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Does connecting to a normal website using tor work the same way as connecting to a hidden website?
When you connect to a normal website using tor, is the process of connecting to it the same as when you connect to a hidden website?
First you connect to the entry node, then middle node then exit ...
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How to control my Tor-Nodes
I know that Tor needs 3 nodes to work, but is there a way to control my node number, mean to add more nodes or subtract nodes.
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How to find the ip address of the tor entry/guard node I am currently connected to?
I have heard Tor blocks traffic analysis so it is not possible to get the middle relay ip address. How do I find the ip address of the entry relay? Does traceroute help in doing that? I also use tor ...
