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Re: Sorry, your'e not using Tor after a while

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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:13:53 -0400
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On 08/28/2009 04:15 PM, Sadece Gercekler wrote:
> I have the habit to use go to torproject.org periodically to  double
> check if I'm still using Tor. 

I suspect you mean https://check.torproject.org.

> Can you tell what's going on? Do I have to worry?

The check is just a normal tor client looking through the
cached-descriptor files for the IP address from which your connection
appears.  It's rare, but plausible, that you've exited from a new node
that hasn't been through a consensus vote yet.

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Andrew Lewman
The Tor Project
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