On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:09:18 +0100 "Geoff Down" <geoffdown@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:20 -0400, "Ted Smith" <teddks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > An "exit enclave" is when a service operates a Tor exit node with an > > exit policy permitting exiting to that service. Tor will automagically > > extend circuits built to that host from three hops to four, such that > > your traffic will exit on localhost of the service you are intending to > > use. This means that users will use DDG's node when building circuits > > that terminate at duckduckgo.com or whatever. > > > Really? Duckduckgo.com is on AS19262 Verizon, but when I accessed it, it > was via an exit node on AS30058 ACTIVO-SYSTEMS. I don't remember where I read this, but at the moment, exit enclaving only works if your Tor client has already downloaded and cached the relay descriptor for the destination host. Robert Ransom
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