Re: [tor-talk] "Tor Circuit" list in TBB displaying incorrect exit node and IP address

[Kevin Burress <speakeasysky@xxxxxxxxx>]

Also try listing the nodes by fingerprint.

https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en

On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 11:46 AM Kevin Burress <speakeasysky@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> devochka?
>
> I'm not sure why that would be an issue when using StrictNodes 1 with
> ExitNodes. It would be interesting to make a list of any nodes that are
> exibiting the wrong behavior and exclude them with ExcludeNodes.
>
> On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 10:16 AM <jiggytwiggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I have noticed that the "Tor Circuit" list in Tor Browser sometimes shows
>> an incorrect IP (and location) when connected to specific web sites.
>>
>> I used "StrictNodes 1" in torrc and selected the exit
>> "PrivacyRepublic0001" which is based in France and has an IP address of
>> 178.32.181.96.
>>
>> Usually when I checked the "Tor Circuit", the correct 178.32.181.96 is
>> shown. However, sometimes it showed a different IP of 179.43.168.166
>> (Switzerland), 192.42.113.102 (Netherlands), and 109.70.100.11 (Austria).
>>
>> 179.43.168.166 is "mccowan", 192.42.113.102 is "Spigen", and 109.70.100.11
>> is "karfiol". None of these are exit nodes.
>>
>> The odd behavior only happens with certain sites:
>> https://bitcointalk.org/, https://www.cato.org/,
>> https://www.whatismyip.com/ (for example - there must be many more)
>>
>> It does not happen with Google, Gmail, Amazon, Alexa, Yahoo, CNN, BBC,
>> etc.
>>
>> This is nothing to do with any specific exit node. I've tried it with
>> others. For some reason, on a minority of sites, the correct exit node
>> does not show in "Tor Circuits" and, in its place, a non-exit node is
>> shown.
>>
>> Is this a known bug? Or something problematic with certain sites? Why are
>> these sites different?
>>
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