[tor-users] Exiting through a VPN

[Mirimir]

On 08/18/2016 04:40 PM, jah wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The response I had from a recent visit to check.torproject.org in Tor Browser was that the apparent IP address was not a Tor node and I was "not using Tor".
> 
> According to Tor Browser, the exit node of that circuit was "Sweden (153.92.126.19)" - either [TheTor] or [ThisTor].  The source of the web request as it appeared to check.torproject.org was the address, 185.65.132.100 (se8x.mullvad.net), in Sweden.
> 
> Do I have it right: this appears to be a node which sends tor exit traffic through the Mullvad VPN service?
> Is such a configuration acceptable; does is not cause problems for the tor network (leaving aside the confusion and alarm it may engender in TB users)?
> 
> jah
> 
> [TheTor]: https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/27CE487BABE6C2128FB2D1A801C7CB715B48EC6B
> [ThisTor]: https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/C369EB6BFDFB996864746944544B82C9684C46EA

Yes, people are routing Tor exits via VPN services ;)

Mostly, I think, it's for "safely" running exits from home. But there's
also the goal of circumventing Tor blocks.

VPN providers don't like it at all, by the way.