[tor-talk] A question about hidden services and tor in general

[Roger Dingledine]

On Sat, Nov 02, 2013 at 02:45:51AM -0700, Andrea Shepard wrote:
> There's a whole circuit between the HS and the rendezvous point.  You'd
> have the same problem as trying to deanonymize a client from a subverted
> exit node.

Actually, technically, the analogy would be trying to deanonymize a
client from a subverted website.

The Tor client running the hidden service picks its own three hops,
so it's

HS -> Guard -> Middle -> Middle -> Rendpoint <- Middle <- Guard <- Client

--Roger