Re: Exclude nodes from certain countries

["Ringo Kamens" <2600denver@xxxxxxxxx>]

If Tor is never allowed to connect to certain nodes, and therefore "doesn't
know" about them, can they still be used as exit nodes?

AFAIK tor connects to an entry guard which then connects to the exit
node for you. This way, they can't take the logs from the exit node
and go "well.. the IP in question connected to you 20 seconds before
the alleged connection was made, so that's who it probably was". This
should be all explained in the docs somewhere.
Comrade Ringo Kamens

On 9/15/07, misc <misc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:39:17 -0400, Ringo Kamens wrote:
>
> > I don't think you get the problem here. Squid wouldn't be able to
> > affect the choice of exit nodes. It would just be able to filter entry
> > nodes.
> > Comrade Ringo Kamens
>
> I know how to filter entry nodes. I can do it with Protowall or another
> firewall. That's easy.
>
> I wonder if Tor makes an initial connection to all nodes from which it
> later constructs a circuit.
>
> If Tor is never allowed to connect to certain nodes, and therefore "doesn't
> know" about them, can they still be used as exit nodes?
>
>