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Re: TOR Park Exit Node Question



Even if it is using the same seed data in the generator, i would think
it would still come up with different circuits.

Is there a pronounced difference between Torpark and regular Tor with
circuit destinations?

ST

On 9/29/05, Matt Thorne <mlthorne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> while hard to believe, I have to ask what method does the tor app use to
> generate "randomness"?
> is it at all based on hardware configurations? or maybe dependent upon
> timing of events?
> -=Matt=-
>
>
>
> On 9/29/05, Arrakis Tor <arrakistor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I find that very hard to believe. I will investigate this in a couple of
> days.
> >
> > ST
> >
> > On 9/29/05, Bob Braunstein < r.h.b@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > To restate the observation:  When first running TOR Park from an USB
> device,
> > > one almost always ends up exiting via a site (or two) in the
> Neatherlands.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I haven't looked at the code, but I suspect another reason that this
> might
> > > be happening is that the random number generators used to pick the route
> are
> > > not initialized as well as we might want them to be.
> >
>
>