Re: [tor-talk] Exit bridges / Tor VPN terminals

[Nathan Suchy <theusernameiwantistaken@xxxxxxxxx>]

Basically it is a complicated way to configure Tor to be a point of entry
for a VPN Server. Why not just configure PPTPD then connect to it via Tor?
On Aug 23, 2013 9:35 AM, "Sebastian G. &lt;bastik.tor&gt;" <
bastik.tor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 23.08.2013 03:22, Andrew Lewman:
> > On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:20:52 -0400
> > grarpamp <grarpamp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>> There are no official "exit bridges" provided as part of Tor
> >>> network. However you could setup your traffic to go through Tor to
> >>> a regular VPN or proxy service and then exit to the destination you
> >>> want.
> >>
> >> - This exit bridges is interesting idea.
> >
> > I know of a few orgs which run an exit relay, but set
> > "PublishServerDescriptor 0" option so only their social graph knows of
> > the exit relay. I forget how they force their exit relay when they need
> > it, but I've seen it work and the orgs are happy with their solution.
> >
>
> How is it possible to use a publicly unknown exit, which should have no
> exit flag, not appear in the consensus and therefore should not be used
> by unmodified clients?
>
> (I'm assuming that a client would only use exits if they are exits in
> the consensus.)
>
> Well, a bridge with an exit-policy won't be used as exit, even if
> SingleHop is allowed. Or am I wrong?
>
> (I remember that this is the case, since a bridge would see what a
> client uses Tor for and is not bound by the Guard implementation)
>
> Regards,
> Sebastian G.
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