[tor-talk] "Tor Circuit" list in TBB displaying incorrect exit node and IP address

[Kevin Burress]

devochka?

I'm not sure why that would be an issue when using StrictNodes 1 with
ExitNodes. It would be interesting to make a list of any nodes that are
exibiting the wrong behavior and exclude them with ExcludeNodes.

On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 10:16 AM <jiggytwiggy at danwin1210.me> wrote:

> I have noticed that the "Tor Circuit" list in Tor Browser sometimes shows
> an incorrect IP (and location) when connected to specific web sites.
>
> I used "StrictNodes 1" in torrc and selected the exit
> "PrivacyRepublic0001" which is based in France and has an IP address of
> 178.32.181.96.
>
> Usually when I checked the "Tor Circuit", the correct 178.32.181.96 is
> shown. However, sometimes it showed a different IP of 179.43.168.166
> (Switzerland), 192.42.113.102 (Netherlands), and 109.70.100.11 (Austria).
>
> 179.43.168.166 is "mccowan", 192.42.113.102 is "Spigen", and 109.70.100.11
> is "karfiol". None of these are exit nodes.
>
> The odd behavior only happens with certain sites:
> https://bitcointalk.org/, https://www.cato.org/,
> https://www.whatismyip.com/ (for example - there must be many more)
>
> It does not happen with Google, Gmail, Amazon, Alexa, Yahoo, CNN, BBC, etc.
>
> This is nothing to do with any specific exit node. I've tried it with
> others. For some reason, on a minority of sites, the correct exit node
> does not show in "Tor Circuits" and, in its place, a non-exit node is
> shown.
>
> Is this a known bug? Or something problematic with certain sites? Why are
> these sites different?
>
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