Hello everyone,
This is a very interesting topic.
What would be the risks to set up onionbalance as a frontend server on a hardened dedicated server (set up anonymously) independent of Whonix?
The onionbalance transition to the backend servers (each a complete Whonix instance) remains in the Tor network from my understanding as onionbalance frontend server hands over the introduction point of a backend server as answer to the clients request over Tor. Can anyone confirm this?
However, as the frontend onionbalance server is not torified by default, isn’t it correct that this is only an issue when updating the server/initiating outgoing connections?
And another view: What are the risks of running a whonix instance as a dedicated frontend server (onionbalance necessarily on the gateway, the workstation is idle) and the dedicated backend servers are also full whonix instances?
To be honest I did not fully understood the argument of traffic, might someone please explain it? What is the real problem if all servers are located in the same data center? Of course, you could also distribute them geographically.
Reference: Whonix Onion Service Load Balancing Guide
Thank you.