[tor-talk] Operating system updates / software installation behind Tor Transparent Proxy

[proper at secure-mail.biz]

> On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:00:51 +0000, Maxim Kammerer wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar
> 3, 2012 at 10:33,  <proper at secure-mail.biz> wrote:
> > > The transparently
> proxied operating system does not know it's real external IP, only it's Tor
> exit IP. And can therefore never leak it's real external IP.
> >
> > I
> see this claim made all the time ? is it actually true? Is Tor
> > designed
> to withstand active attacks where Torified applications try
> > to discover
> the real IP?
>
> No, this specific setup is. Applications run in a VM that has
> the
> address 192.168.0.2 or the like, thus there is no 'real IP' that
> any
> code running within the VM could discover.

For later reference, I changed the topic and answered.
"Obtain real IP behind Tor transparent proxy; was: Operating system updates / software installation  behind Tor Transparent Proxy"

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