ISP Public IP Address Visible Inside Whonix-Gateway

[jkygtiflug]

Hey guys,

I was just running arm for a minute and was looking around, and I saw under view->connections my ip address…

This is a bit concerning, how is my IP address listed under arm? Don’t you guys go through a lot of work to make sure that the gateway can’t figure out the ip address? Or am I confused on that, and its ok if the gateway sees the ip address?

[jkygtiflug]

One question I definitely have is how does arm go about getting my ip address, does it come from tor?

My concern here is that the Workstation might be able to do whatever arm is doing to find the ip address, especially if tor is returning the ip address some how…

[Patrick]

Don’t you guys go through a lot of work to make sure that the gateway can’t figure out the ip address?

Making sure the workstation can’t figure out the external ISP assigned IP address only.

One question I definitely have is how does arm go about getting my ip address, does it come from tor?

Yes.

Tor control protocol.

getinfo address

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/FAQ#Non-Responsiveness_to_Concerns applies.

I was just running arm for a minute and was looking around

arm view->connections does not show ip that tor browser ip check shows

And from https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Tor_Controller#Arm Am I compromised? Does Arm report leaks? Arm is conceptually not a tool to find out about serious issues such as compromise or leaks. [3] Arm works on a different level. It is a Tor Controller. It talks to Tor using Tor’s ControlPort. It is an interface to show what Tor thinks. Neither Tor nor Arm implement anything such as virus detection, compromise detection, leak detection etc. Messages by Arm are interesting and useful but usua…