[tor-talk] Confusion about Tor log messages showing relay addresses
Joe Btfsplk
joebtfsplk at gmx.com
Sat Nov 3 23:15:59 UTC 2012
Follow up. Noticed that almost every address listed as a WARNING in Tor
log, as _possibly leaking my destination_, was the address of a relay
that was in process of or had just been closed - best I could tell.
For the last relay in the network map list, the addresses building, then
immediately closing, were flying by like a stock ticker. I refreshed
the network & waited till it stabilized. That *somewhat* slowed the #
of addresses building / opening, then immediately
closing. Result was the same. All addresses being listed, where "one
of your applications [apparently Tor] established a connection through
Tor (then lists address), using a protocol that may leak information.... "
I don't know the real cause or problem, but it seems the warning message
is misleading about what's really happening.
Is this a glitch in the type of messages generated for Tor circuits /
addresses being closed;
or is there potentially a real problem here or is something possibly not
setup correctly in my Tor / TBB installation?
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