Attack Vector against relay nodes from client machines run by Investigators

[smacz]

I’m reading this thread.

One thing it seems to me like is that relay nodes are used only for requests. Then I thought about this:

@neo

@smacz

Does the GET fulfillment go through the same channel that the request goes through?

I don’t think so actually. Remember that in XOR space that A might be closest to B, but B is not usually closest to A

So the shortest way back in XOR space from Z to A, will be different to the way from A to Z

Now, the question becomes: is this handled on an individual basis, or do the NAE/Client managers become the endpoints with the relay nodes fixed? Almost like the managers function as a router (WAN) and the relay-client pair are on the private (LAN) side of things. That’s one thing that’s never been clear to me - if that happens for just requests, or both requests and receptions.