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Maybe a dumb question, but would running Tor exit node(s) on their own server(s) help in this situation?
by christop 11y ago
Maybe a dumb question, but would running Tor exit node(s) on their own server(s) help in this situation?
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]
- schoen 11y agoThe Tor software doesn't encourage people to make this decision (based on the developers' judgement that random path selection is safest for most users and for the health of the network), but you can configure it to use (or not use) particular exit nodes by editing the Torrc file. Historically you could also see the particular path, including geolocation of the relays you were using, with the Vidalia software, and also pick a particular exit for a particular connection with the ".exit" address notation. So although the Tor developers don't want to encourage most people to do it routinely, you can choose to view and/or select Tor paths if you really want to.
- pstrateman 11y agoThat's simply not true. The tor client selects all of the nodes along the circuit including the exit node.
- glass- 11y agoIt is possible to run a Tor node as an exit enclave[0], ie. a node that allows exits to its own IP address on specific ports. For example DuckDuckGo runs a Tor node with the IP 184.72.106.52 that allows exits to 184.72.106.52 ports 80 and 443. However newer versions of Tor do not honour enclaves for various reasons. [0] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ExitEnclave https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ExitEnclav...