Re:Tor's Open Research Topics (2018)
by kuroguro on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @10:46AM
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The first one in the chain could identify you easily tho.
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That's true of Tor entrance nodes too. The key is to not let the first node in the chain know _what_ you're sending, and not let the last node in the chain know _who_ is sending it.
This is the exact problem solved by onion-routing. The first node is called "Guard" for a reason, it can directly monitor all incoming connection to the network, but if onion-routing is used and the system is properly designed, it usually doesn't matter. The only information revealed is the fact that someone has connected.