> can an exit node initiate contact with my HS without ever going through a rendezvous
No, there is a handshake process needed to establish a Tor connection between the two machines, and that handshake only works through the rendezvous point. See https://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-services.html.en https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/rend-spec.txt -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
