Tor (started by Vidalia) ignores StrictEntryNodes + EntryNodes

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Tor has 3 default EntryGuards. They are different from EntryNodes which are
defined by users.
Tor picks EntryGuards by itself.
*UseEntryGuards **0*|*1* If this option is set to 1, we pick a few long-term
entry servers, and try to stick with them. This is desirable because
constantly changing servers increases the odds that an adversary who owns
some servers will observe a fraction of your paths. (Defaults to 1.)

*NumEntryGuards **NUM* If UseEntryGuards is set to 1, we will try to pick a
total of NUM routers as long-term entries for our circuits. (Defaults to 3.)

look here: https://www.torproject.org/tor-manual-dev.html.en

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:02 AM, Fran Litterio <flitterio at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:32 PM, I wrote:
>
>> I'm running Vidalia 0.1.10 and Tor 0.2.0.32 (r17346) on Windows XP.
>>
>> I stopped Tor from the Vidalia GUI, and manually edited Vidalia's
>> "torrc" file, adding these two lines at the bottom:
>>
>>  StrictEntryNodes 1
>>  EntryNodes
>> BostonUCompSci,FSF,moria1,SelfEvident,superbad,fuga,augrime,askatasuna,VSvTZGO7UPj4yh8,conf555nick,desync,phobos
>>
>> After re-starting Tor from the Vidalia GUI, I see circuits that have
>> entry nodes that are _not_ from the above list. In fact, nearly all
>> circuits have entry nodes that are not from the above list.
>
>
> Update: If I add the following four lines to the bottom of Vidalia's
> "torrc" file, then Tor honors the StrictExitNodes + ExitNodes options, but
> it ignores the StrictEntryNodes + EntryNodes options:
>
>   StrictEntryNodes 1
>   EntryNodes BostonUCompSci,FSF,moria1,SelfEvident
>   StrictExitNodes 1
>   ExitNodes BostonUCompSci,FSF,moria1,SelfEvident
>
> Although, Tor seems to only use the first of the specified ExitNodes.
> Shouldn't it round-robin between them?
> --
> Fran
>
>
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