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<div>Hi Michael</div><div>Thanks for the hint. I guess you are totally right! I forgot about the hidden services. Right now I have about 1100 in and out connections, makes totally sense. </div><div>Mike</div><br><br>-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --------<br>Von: Rana <ranaventures@gmail.com> <br>Datum: 03.12.16 14:45 (GMT+01:00) <br>An: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org <br>Betreff: Re: [tor-relays] Outgoing Connections to middle nodes? <br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: tor-relays [mailto:tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org] On Behalf Of Michael Armbruster<br>Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2016 2:10 PM<br>To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org<br>Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Outgoing Connections to middle nodes?<br><br>On 2016-12-03 at 12:56, balbea16 wrote:<br>> Hi There,<br>> I've got a quick question. I have been running a tor relay since 3 <br>> months. I don't have a guard flag, however many outgoing connections <br>> to non exit relays (i.e. that should be middles than). Does that mean <br>> I run an entry node (without having guard status)? How come?<br>> TNX Mike<br><br>Hi Mike,<br><br>you forget about hidden services IN the Tor network. Not every connection tries to connect to domains or services outside the Tor network.<br><br>So it could be that you are a middle relay having many outgoing connections to so-called rendezvous points.<br><br>Have a look at this sentence here from [1]:<br>"In general, the complete connection between client and hidden service consists of 6 relays: 3 of them were picked by the client with the third being the rendezvous point and the other 3 were picked by the hidden service."<br><br>Best,<br>Michael<br><br>[1] https://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-services.html.en<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>tor-relays mailing list<br>tor-relays@lists.torproject.org<br>https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays<br></body></html>