VPN Entry IP via Hidden Service

[snore_goggles 0]

What if the initial connection to the VPN server was established over a hidden service? Wouldn't this be a more elegant and secure solution to VPN over TOR?

[zhang888 1066]

Shortly, no it would not. Hidden services are designed to hide the destination server from the connecting visitor, and it means that

the connection looks as follows: You>Guard>Middle>Exit<->Exit<Middle<Guard<Hidden Service.

Instead of 3 hops which is already a big overhead in terms of speed, latency and CPU, you will get 6. Now 6 doesn't only mean

twice as bad, it means lots more when you effectively measure it. Latency of 2000-3000ms should be expected as normal one.

So this will not be a good idea, and will not be an advantage for any use case.