On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:33:21 +0000 Matthew <pumpkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 30/01/11 02:32, andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:29:25PM +0000, pumpkin@xxxxxxxxx wrote 2.3K bytes in 53 lines about: > > : My understanding is that Tor encrypts both the content of a data > > : packet and also the header. It encrypts the packet and header three > > : times on the client (my computer) and then at each node one layer is > > : decrypted until the data packet and header are decrypted to > > : plaintext at the final exit node (except when TLS is used). Right? > > > > Actually, tor wraps the original traffic in encryption and tunnels it > > through the 3 hops of a circuit. We do not touch the original data. > Sorry....I'm not trying to be dumb but I'm unclear how your answer differs > from my assumption. > > Tor takes all the data (header and content), encrypts it three times on the > client (me), and then at each node one layer is unencrypted OR is it all of > it unencrypted at the exit node? Each relay removes one layer of encryption. Tor does *not* encrypt and send packet headers. Tor only relays the data within a TCP connection. Robert Ransom
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