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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: xpko892 on November 24, 2012, 07:35 pm

Title: IP doesn't appear to be changing when I switch Tor identity
Post by: xpko892 on November 24, 2012, 07:35 pm

I'm using Linux Liberte and this problem appears on the Epiphany safe browser. When I go to check.torproject.org it displays my IP. When I switch identities and refesh the page, it displays the very same IP adress as before. It usually shows a different one. I'm a complete noob when it comes to computers so I have no idea how to fix this.

Should I be worried?

Title: Re: IP doesn't appear to be changing when I switch Tor identity
Post by: sunny1 on November 24, 2012, 08:50 pm

Let me take a wild guess, your ip is 127.0.0.1 when you are on tor, right? Ask me how i know that?

Title: Re: IP doesn't appear to be changing when I switch Tor identity
Post by: astor on November 24, 2012, 09:29 pm

Tor will keep active TCP connections even when you request a new identity. This is useful for example if you're downloading a large file. You wouldn't want that connection to die, but you want new connections to come from different IPs. The problem is that you're refreshing too soon, when the current TCP connection to check.torproject.org is still active. If you open a new tab and go to check.torproject.org it should be different.

Title: Re: IP doesn't appear to be changing when I switch Tor identity
Post by: techmo on November 25, 2012, 01:19 am

@OP - I noticed this too.

Resetting the network device (disable/enable) seems to do the trick if you don't want to wait like astor suggested.

Title: Re: IP doesn't appear to be changing when I switch Tor identity
Post by: techmo on November 25, 2012, 01:24 am

Quote from: sunny1 on November 24, 2012, 08:50 pm

Let me take a wild guess, your ip is 127.0.0.1 when you are on tor, right? Ask me how i know that?

No.  He's not referring to localhost ip.