On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 04:05:11AM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > Hello to all. > I use the Tor Browser Bundle on a USB as I can only access the internet from > cafes in the country in which I live. Using a proxy is now illegal here. > I have several questions. > I know that Tor uses three (3) hops once it has accessed the internet. If I > use Tor to connect to the internet (as I'm assuming the extracted Bundle > does) is that done in a 3 hop manner?
Yes: Tor client -> entry guard -> middle hop -> exit relay -> website So your traffic goes through three Tor relays. > When I am using Tor (in the Tor network), then my IP is shown as something > other than mine and from a different country. Okay fine, according to > torcheck.org > > But, what if I go directly to Hidden Services (the Hidden Wiki)? Is that done > in 3 hops and what about inside, where the addresses are all .onion? Are > those also done in 3's http://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-services.html.en The circuit you use to the hidden service is six hops: Tor client -> entry guard -> middle hop -> rendezvous point -> middle hop* -> middle hop* -> entry guard* -> Tor client* And the ones with stars are chosen by the hidden service's Tor, so it can get its anonymity from you. Basically, the hidden service design glues two Tor circuits together. >and am I correct to assume that inside those .onion addresses everything is >encrypted, meaning I am completely anonymous while in there? Everything is encrypted between your Tor client and the Tor client that offers the hidden service. No external parties get to read it. I wouldn't go so far as to call that "completely anonymous", given that the hidden service gets to read it and you don't know who that is. > Now, what about exiting Hidden Services and then exiting the internet > connection? Are those in 3's and is there way to exit the internet that is > safe and a way that isn't recommended? > Always wondered about that. Once backing out of the Tor network, what is > revealed? Is my real IP address now in the clear or simply clear for anyone > to see? I shut down Vidalia, exit and everything goes away. I don't understand this part of the question. --Roger *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected] with unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
