[tor-talk] tor security question

BlueStar88 bluestar88 at xenobite.eu
Mon Nov 7 20:18:11 UTC 2011


Am Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:14:24 +0000
schrieb audd <audd at tormail.net>:

> I'm trying to understand well how tor works, the ip are hidden throu 
> tunnel encrypted nodes, but what about mac address? anyone could
> sniff the node for the mac address?
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The MAC addresses are for addressing between two network interfaces
only, so this information does not leave the segment (collision
domain). Every router changes source and target MAC after getting the
IP route solved.
The Tor entry node sees the source MAC from it's own segment router
only. 

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