What chooses the last 3 hops, my Tor client or the Onion service’s Tor client?
Does the local Tor clients handle which hops are choose for 4, 5, and 6 based on its configuration (torrc)?
Or is the last 3 hops in the connection to a Onion site or service chosen by the Onion site/services (torrc) configuration?
+-----------+
| Client |
+-----------+
|
| Hop 1
|
+-----------+
| Entry Node| (Guard Node)
+-----------+
|
| Hop 2
|
+-----------+
|Middle Node 1|
+-----------+
|
| Hop 3
|
+-----------+
|Middle Node 2|
+-----------+
|
| **<-- Hop 4**
|
+-----------+
|Onion Service|
+-----------+
|
| **<-- Hop 5**
|
+-----------+
|Middle Node 2|
+-----------+
|
| **<-- Hop 6**
|
+-----------+
|Middle Node 1|
+-----------+
|
| Return to Entry Node
|
+-----------+
| Entry Node|
+-----------+
|
| Return to Client
|
+-----------+
| Client |
+-----------+
Summary of Hops:
- Hop 1: Client to Entry Node
- Hop 2: Entry Node to Middle Node 1
- Hop 3: Middle Node 1 to Middle Node 2
- Hop 4: Middle Node 2 to Onion Service
- Hop 5: Onion Service to Middle Node 2
- Hop 6: Middle Node 2 to Middle Node 1
When I apply strict settings in my Tor clients configuration for example:
ExitNodes {us}
StrictNodes 1
It will only generates circuits to sites with USA exit nodes.
However when I visit a onion site and look at the connections it appears to ignore this configuration?