> I am doing page load tests on an exit enclave (duckduckgo.com) over a period
> of a few weeks. I am worried that I will exit at other nodes and reach the
> public duckduckgo site.
% host duckduckgo.com
duckduckgo.com has address 50.17.207.245
% grep 50.17.207.245 cached-*
%
Odd, I will CC the CEO.
I think there is no Tor relay running at that IP address currently,
so this exit enclave you're hoping for cannot happen. An exit enclave
is a Tor exit relay that runs on the same IP address as a destination
(e.g. a website).
> The documentation is somewhat ambiguous on this point: If a service provides
> an enclave node, the standard Tor out-proxy's are *not* used, correct?
Perhaps you mean a Tor hidden service, not an exit enclave?
No, I mean a properly configured exit enclave which (as I understand it) is reachable when using Tor without using out-proxies. Out-proxies are the real choke-point of the Tor network...
In which case, yes, if you visit a .onion address, that won't involve
Tor exit relays. You instead do a rendezvous inside the Tor network:
https://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-services
> Thank you,
> > P.S. Would using paid proxy's which exit in other continents improve
> external validity?
What does 'external validity' mean?
Similarity to the real world and/or applicability outside of the testing
environment. So, would someone in China or Europe get differen
circuits, is using the same IP and Tor node over and over going to
create caches, etc.
--Roger