[tor-talk] Operating system updates / software installation behind Tor Transparent Proxy

[Maxim Kammerer]

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:33,  <proper at secure-mail.biz> wrote:
> The transparently proxied operating system does not know it's real external IP, only it's Tor exit IP. And can therefore never leak it's real external IP.

I see this claim made all the time — is it actually true? Is Tor
designed to withstand active attacks where Torified applications try
to discover the real IP?

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Maxim Kammerer
Liberté Linux (discussion / support: http://dee.su/liberte-contribute)