ISP Public IP Address Visible Inside Whonix-Gateway

[Patrick]

@jkygtiflug

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.

@jkygtiflug

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

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@jkygtiflug

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…