Re: Update to default exit policy

[Dawney Smith <dawneysmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Sven Anderson wrote:

>> Sorry, I didn't get it: in case I'm using Thunderbird and Torbutton,
>> and connect to the smtp server trough tor. Will my "real" ip adress
>> occur in the mail headers, or the ip of the exit node?
>>
>> I'm guessing the ip of the exit node, right? Because if not, it would
>> be senseless to use tor? Would be great if someone could clarify this!
> 
> Both. Look at my headers (Apple Mail):
> 
> Received: from [134.76.55.100] (helo=[10.100.145.215])
>     by serv-80-156.SerNet.DE with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128)
>     (Exim 4.51)
>     id 1KVqPO-0002gu-4k
>     for or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:19:42 +0200
> 
> When using tor, 134.76.55.100 will be the tor exit node ip, and
> 10.100.145.215 will still be your local client ip.

The only reason that your 10.100.145.215 IP appears in the headers there
is because your email client sends it. Your email client doesn't need to
send it, and as someone else mentioned, it's "scrubbed" if you're using
TorButton with Thunderbird for example.

> Yes, it doesn't make sense to use tor with a normal mail-client. But if
> you are behind a NAT router, it's not as bad as it looks first.

It's at least as safe as using a webmail interface if you configure your
email client correctly.

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Dawn
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