On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Geoff Down <geoffd...@fastmail.net> wrote: > On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:20 -0400, "Ted Smith" <ted...@gmail.com> wrote: >> An "exit enclave" is when a service operates a Tor exit node with an >> exit policy permitting exiting to that service. Tor will automagically >> extend circuits built to that host from three hops to four, such that >> your traffic will exit on localhost of the service you are intending to >> use. This means that users will use DDG's node when building circuits >> that terminate at duckduckgo.com or whatever. >> > Really? Duckduckgo.com is on AS19262 Verizon, but when I accessed it, it > was via an exit node on AS30058 ACTIVO-SYSTEMS.
Exit enclaves need a lot of work. E.g. Your node can't tell if an exit enclave exists for your destination until after its done the DNS resolution. They also add an extra in-network hop. *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/