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> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:23:46 -0400 > From: arma@xxxxxxx > To: tor-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [tor-talk] How to choose to get connected to a specific relay? > i appreciate explanation ... is it possible to replace the fingerprint by the ip or the name of the exit node???? > > When your browser connects to the webserver, it sends an http "Host:" > header to specify which virtual host (domain) it wanted the webserver > to give it. It chooses this virthost based on the address you typed into > your browser. So in this case your browser sends > > Host: torproject.org.6297b13a687b521a59c6bd79188a2501ec03a065.exit > > and the poor webserver is left to guess which virthost you had in mind, > because it hasn't been configured to handle that virthost. > > Looks like the apache config for www.torproject.org defaults to giving > you the virthost you expected, and the apache config for torproject.org > defaults to giving you a virthost you didn't expect. > > Privoxy has a config option; > +client-header-filter{hide-tor-exit-notation} > that looks through all your Host: headers and strips "foo.exit" from them. > We could imagine teaching Torbutton to do that too. > > But the real answer is that you are seeing just how much of a hack the > dot-exit notation was. :) I say was because it's deprecated in 0.2.2 > and later. > > Hope that helps, > --Roger > > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk |
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