> Since there is already an established circuit between the machine running the Tor service and an exit node, I'm thinking that the exit node may be able to use the existing circuit to access the HS port over the 3-hop circuit without ever going through the normal 6-hop rendezvous?
You could check the source code, but I would guess that if a circuit is not built using the rendezvous protocol, then packets coming in on that circuit are not forwarded back to the hidden service port on the localhost. More generally, packets coming in on any circuit are forward only to the local port for which the circuit was setup to proxy, i.e., there is no "crosstalk" between circuits. -- 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
