Hi, Luther Blissett (lbliss...@paranoici.org) wrote on 2014-02-06: > 1. When you access the clearnet you need dns name resolving which need > to be "proxyfied" to avoid dns leaks. This issue is supposed to be > solved on decent OSes and with TBB, but it is difficult to guarantee > that other software/OS won't try to bypass you proxy settings, so it's a > permanent worry. When you connect to hidden services, name resolving is > done inside tor, never leaving out.
I don't really get this concern. Assuming tor doesn't manage to intercept DNS resolution, won't trying to resolve a well-known .onion address leak as much information as resolving the equivalent clear address? ciao, -- [*Thomas Themel*] "Der Terminus bedeutet nämlich, mittels persönliche [Albulastrasse 52] Angriffe Sachauseinandersetzungen umgehen zu können." [ CH-8048 Zürich ] [*+41 78 9070988*] - Rainer Weikusat zu 'sozial kompetent' _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
