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Re: Puzzling behavior of Tor server.



Hi.

Yes, you're right but I forgot to mention that the software eventually
gives up on another path (essentially it seems to stall) and I cannot
log-out of Yahoo mail. Another annoying event is that I see a blank
page after submitting login information. 

Thanks,

~Caitlin


--- sigi <dugongs@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> > I recently set-up a Tor server with an exit node on port 80 (WinXP
> > SP2).
> 
> I configured a middleman-proxy...
> 
> > When using either firefox or opera, I frequently see the following
> > entries in my log file:
> >
> > Sep 04 03:12:21:890 [Notice] connection_ap_expire_beginning(): We 
> > tried
> > for 15 seconds to connect to '[scrubbed]' using exit 'bach'.
> Retrying
> > on a new circuit.
> > Sep 04 04:08:19:078 [Notice] resolve_my_address(): Your IP seems to
> > have changed. Updating.
> > Sep 04 04:08:39:187 [Notice] router_orport_found_reachable():
> > Self-testing indicates your ORPort is reachable from the outside.
> > Excellent. Publishing server descriptor.
> > Sep 04 07:51:55:031 [Notice] connection_ap_expire_beginning(): We 
> > tried
> > for 15 seconds to connect to '[scrubbed]' using exit 
> > 'yyycccvvvddd132'.
> > Retrying on a new circuit.
> > Sep 04 07:52:02:031 [Notice] connection_ap_expire_beginning(): We 
> > tried
> > for 15 seconds to connect to '[scrubbed]' using exit 
> > 'yyycccvvvddd132'.
> > Retrying on a new circuit.
> 
> 
> [...]
> 
> ...and my logs do look the same. What's wrong with it? It's building
> new
> circuits - seems alright, doesn't it?
> 
> > This makes logging out of Yahoo mail and other services difficult. 
> > Does anyone have a suggestion?
> 
> ??? 
> What do you want to log? I think as a tor-node you/we should log
> possibly the traffic, nothing else - providing most possible
> anonymity.
> Am I not right?
> 
> Regards,
> sigi.
> 
> 
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