exit node back to user

Ringo Kamens 2600denver at gmail.com
Sun Mar 4 19:49:19 UTC 2007


No. If you are using tor (for example) at your office, the office firewall
can't see what you're doing, they just see encrypted data. However, if there
is a tap _on_ _your_ _computer_ they can see what you're doing.
Ringo Kamens


On 3/4/07, halesnil <halesnil at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Geoffrey Goodell wrote:
> > A subtle but important clarification: the term "entry node" refers to
> > the first node in a circuit.  Your Tor client, which listens on
> > localhost, is not an "entry node"; it is not one of the three Tor
> > routers in the circuit.  However, your Tor client does represent the
> > endpoint of the circuit, and the connection between your client and the
> > first node in the circuit is encrypted.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>      I meant like this:
>
>                             My Computer-----------------*Local
> Tap-*-------------------[first node]------    -------   -------Destination
>
> I think you meant traffic going out from My Computer is encrypted, so
> *Local Tap *can't read it. Right?
> *
> *Traffic coming back from Destination must pass through [first node],
> *Local Tap*, before reaching My Computer. Please clarify, does *Local
> Tap* see unencrpted traffic between [first node] and My Computer?
>
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