[tor-talk] Strange TOR connection behavior? EntryNodes/Strict

[fido dido]

are you running the config for test purposes, or is there a good reason why using always the same EntryNode?
no judgment, really just want to learn!


greets



> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:24:21 -0400
> From: fatigue at Safe-mail.net
> To: tor-talk at lists.torproject.org
> Subject: [tor-talk] Strange TOR connection behavior? EntryNodes/Strict
> 
> I'm a little new to TOR. I run it in linux and start and stop it from a terminal window. I have changed my torrc to include the following:
> 
> 
> EntryNodes poohbear
> 
> where 'poohbear' is the entry node I wish to use.
> 
> This setup works, however when I monitor the traffic with wireshark, I see that tor is making many https connections to other tor nodes prior to establishing a secure connection with the poohbear node.
> 
> Why is this the case? Shouldn't the EntryNodes operator limit connections to the poobear node, and only the poohbear node?
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