[tor-talk] Confusion about Tor log messages showing relay addresses

[Joe Btfsplk]

On 11/3/2012 6:15 PM, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
> 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?
>
Wow, absolutely no ideas about the cause, validity / non validity of 
these warning messages?