[tor-talk] tor security question

audd audd at tormail.net
Mon Nov 7 20:57:04 UTC 2011


ok but my ISP could track my mac/IP address listening 8118 port??? or 
encrypted tunnelling pass throu this?

On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 21:18:11 +0100, BlueStar88 wrote:
> Am Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:14:24 +0000
> schrieb audd <audd at tormail.net>:
>
>> I'm trying to understand well how tor works, the ip are hidden throu
>> tunnel encrypted nodes, but what about mac address? anyone could
>> sniff the node for the mac address?
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> The MAC addresses are for addressing between two network interfaces
> only, so this information does not leave the segment (collision
> domain). Every router changes source and target MAC after getting the
> IP route solved.
> The Tor entry node sees the source MAC from it's own segment router
> only.



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