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Tagged with node exit-relays
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Can Tor nodes know their position in the circuit?
It is documented which node knows what.
I'm wondering if the nodes in the circuit know their own relative position. For normal three relay paths, they certainly can infer their position: the exit ...
John
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I've successfully specified my exit node to be US, but Spotify Webplayer still detects a different country. How can I fix this?
I've configured Tor to always have a US exit node, but when I go to the URL for Spotify Web Player, it says Spotify has not been released in your country yet (Spotify is released in the US). I have ...
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Tor keeps in “searching informations about the relay” when ExitNodes parameter is set in torcc file
I added some lines in my torcc file. At first I added:
ExitNodes {fr},{be},{ch},{lu},{mc}
StrictNodes 1
When I launch Tor with Vidalia it keeps in the state "searching informations about the relay",...
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How do I use one and only node?
I'm looking forward to using Tor like a VPN.
I learned about EntryNodes, ExitNodes, and MiddleNodes and how to set the country code for each and setting StrictNode 1 or something. When I set all these ...
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How did Ross William Ulbricht get caught if he was inside the TOR network and did not leave through the exit node?
The question is simple. If Ross William Ulbricht running a darknet market inside a TOR network and he never exits through the exit node, and obviously he won't need to, so how did he get caught?
I ...
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Tor deanonymization via ISPs
We known that an adversary can deanonymize a user (on clearnet) if it controls both the guard and the exit node.
But is that neccesary?
We know that the NSA gets huge amounts of data from the internet....
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TOR browser - -ExcludeNodes doesn't work
Using Linux, at torrc.
Format used: (at end file)
ExcludeNodes {...},{...},{...},{...}
ExcludeExitNodes {...},{...},{...},{...}
Continues connecting to excluded country nodes.
Know how to fix?
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How can you reduce the chances of connecting to a malicious exit node?
What can you do to avoid connecting with a malicious exit node?
Besides choosing a country where you are less likely to have a malicious exit node.
What countries do you think are more likely to be ...
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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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exclude all IP that start w/ X
How to exclude all nodes with IP that start with some number?
Priority for ExitNodes, but all it's well too.
