Re: another unusual connection

[Scott Bennett <bennett@xxxxxxxxxx>]

     On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 10:39:46 -0500 Roger Dingledine <arma@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 10:33:43PM -0500, Roger Dingledine wrote:
>> New theory: in rare cases, Tor servers (like maximator) lie to directory
>> clients about what IP address they appear to have, due to iptables
>> confusion or something similar. More specifically, it claims that
>> everybody looks like itself. Then Tor servers that don't know their own
>> address get suckered into thinking they switched.
>
>Ok. Now that I've had a moment with a real Internet, I've confirmed
>this:
>
>  $ telnet 212.112.242.159 80
>  Trying 212.112.242.159...
>  Connected to 212.112.242.159.
>  Escape character is '^]'.
>  GET /tor/ HTTP/1.0
>
>  HTTP/1.0 200 OK
>  Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:28:32 GMT
>  Content-Type: text/plain
>  X-Your-Address-Is: 212.112.242.159
>  Content-Encoding: identity
>  Content-Length: 820
>  Expires: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:28:32 GMT
>
>Thanks to a patch submitted by "Andrew S. Lists", this particular issue
>will be fixed in the upcoming 0.2.0.19-alpha release.
>
     But, Roger, will the 0.2.0.19-alpha release at least confirm during
the reachability tests that it is talking to itself and not to some other
server?


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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