[tor-relays] Relay behind VPN router

Viktor Haaksman viktorhaaksman at gmail.com
Sun Oct 20 10:47:40 UTC 2013


Hi Jochen,

I believe that your bandwidth is limited by your ISP through which you
connect to the internet with your ADSL-line. Therefore, running Tor over a
VPN-connection will not increase the bandwidth of your relay, only
obfuscate your IP address. Correct me if I am wrong.

Regards,
Viktor


2013/10/20 Jochen <jf at fahrner.name>

> Am 20.10.2013 10:43, schrieb Eugen Leitl:
> > What's the rationale for this, if you have access to Tor?
>
> Speed!
>
> > What kind of VPN is this, OpenVPN?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Can you still have DMZ and the VPN route
> > co-exist?
>
> I have to try that.
>
> > Tor attempts to auto-discover your WAN IP address, if it's not given.
>
> Yes, but that returns the IP of the VPN Provider, not the WAN IP.
>
> --
> Mit besten Grüßen
> Jochen Fahrner
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