Re: Tor nodes question

[ADB <firefox-gen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Why would one want to do that? Tor depends on connection entropy, and 
the more random paths a data stream can go through the better. Are you 
worried about performance problems (the only reason I could think of 
unless I"m missing something).

~Andrew

mw_prev1@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I did read the Tor docs before posting here so I'm aware of your
> suggestion, the problem I'm having is that I can't find a way to
> restrict ALL entry and exit nodes in a particular country without having
> to go through the list and exclude them individually, and then keep
> scanning the list everyday to exclude any new nodes that are added.
>
> Surely there must be a simpler way?   Can't I just set it up to exclude
> all nodes from a particular country?
>
>
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:09:05 -0700 (PDT), "S K" <sk4list@xxxxxxxxx>
> said:
>  
>
> > 1 and 2 - use entrynodes, exitnodes StrictExitNodes
> > and StrictEntryNodes, making sure that entry and exit
> > nodes are in different continents. Check out for a
> > list of tor nodes by country:
> > http://serifos.eecs.harvard.edu:8000/cgi-bin/exit.pl
> >
> > As for 3, if all the Tor servers are controlled by the
> > adversary, you are indeed traceable.
> >
> > SK
> >
> >
> > --- mw_prev1@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > I've just started using Tor and would appreciate
> > > any help with a few points I'm unsure about.
> > >
> > > 1. Is it possible to restrict entry/exit nodes by
> > > geographical location of the node?
> > >
> > > 2. Is it possible to ensure that each node in the
> > > circuit is located in a different country?  What
> > > are the chances that all 3 nodes will be located
> > > in the US, for example?  Is there any way to
> > > tell if this has happened?
> > >
> > > 3. Is it possible to trace individual packets back
> > > through the 3-node circuit?  If the exit node
> > > knows which node sent the packet, and that node
> > > (middle node) knows the entry node, and the entry
> > > node knows your IP, then couldn't someone trace 
> > > any packets leaving the exit node back to source?
> > >
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