id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
1947	Tor clients share their IP with the introducer	leif	davidsarah	"I just found out that clients advertise their IP to the introducer!

Storage servers on a hidden service grid will set their `tub.location` to their .onion address and send that instead, but clients do not need to be connected to so they don't have their own hidden services and won't set `tub.location`. (edit: unless they do set it to an unreachable address, which `configuration.rst` actually does say Tor clients should do, I realized after submitting this ticket.)

I've been running a hidden service grid for a while and just now realized (via the screenshots in [https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1931#comment:17 this comment]) that the introducer has a list of clients. I have not yet restarted my introducer to enable its wui to confirm that Tor clients are listing their IPs there, but I don't see why they wouldn't be since they don't have `tub.location` set.

Is there any reason clients need to tell the introducer their addresses at all?

I think the section of `configuration.rst` that mentions hidden services should include a caveat about how Tahoe is not yet actually ready for anonymous use, mentioning this issue as well as #1942.

I'm setting the milestone to 1.10 in hopes that this documentation change can make the upcoming release."	defect	closed	normal	soon	code-nodeadmin	1.9.2	duplicate	privacy anonymity