I know that the system in some ways have to know where direct the queries, but I have a curious question : why arm shows me the VPN IP ? ( I use VPN —> Tor )
I red into Whonix Documentation that Whonix Gateway doesn’t provide connection information, but it refers to clearnet to prevent leaks ?
Instead, if I stop the Tor connection on Whonix Gateway and then reopen it, I see 120.0.0.1 —> Tor Entry node and so on .
What’s the difference in these two cases ?
Arm tries to figure out your external address. I would speculate using GETINFO address. Feel free to mail Damian Johnson (https://www.atagar.com) about this. Consider cc’ing the whonix-devel mailing list. (Index of /pipermail/)
Sorry, I’m not english and I didn’t understand this : consider cc’ing the whonix-devel mailing list .
However, I wouldn’t know what I should tell to tor-arm developer .
The problem is that arm, for host only connection for example, it have to know the IP of the entry node .
So I think this is the meaning which tor-arm on Whonix-Gateway knows my external IP address, maybe we can modify tor-arm for Whonix-Gateway .
Really, i know that is uncessary information about tor-arm because even in the host is always the host to redirects packets, not tor-arm . I think that is possible to show only local address to tor-arm also in this case, it’s a better protection .
In this way tor-arm will see only local address such as : 127.0.0.1 and then the host OS redirects packets with our primary IP, the first node on the internet I mean .
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Whonix doesn’t modify arm. I agree, that arm should not show the external IP. It’s problematic when users post screenshots of arm. That arm determines external IP addresses is a feature of arm, not Whonix. I guess arm does this by asking Tor using Tor’s control protocol using command GETINFO address. Whonix is a distribution with limited manpower. Hosting a fork (Fork (software development) - Wikipedia) of arm would be overkill. So what Whonix can do is only:
a) install arm by default, or
b) not install arm by default.
c) not install arm by default and provide an alternative utility
If you want changes in arm, you need to convince the developer of arm that your suggestion is a good idea.
Arm show me all informations, my ip, entry node, middle and exit node …
It’s not an huge problem in a client situation, but if someone hosts a server it’s a real problem …
Sorry but i didn’t understand what’s the whonix-devel@whonix.org , i don’t know how help you, i could only send an email to tor-arm developer, if you asked me this .
Thanks for the time .
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