Tor over vpn question

[Waterwater10 2]

Please read it all first so you understand what I'm asking.

 

If I download the tor browser and use the tor browser with just my vpn connected, I will have tor over vpn, which means everything

goes through my vpn before it reaches tor?

 

However, if I go to Eddie and set tor under the proxy settings I then get vpn over tor which means anything leaving my computer goes to tor first then I can to the vpn?

 

So, with that in mind if I use the second method (vpn over tor) and go to the tor browser, does it mean it will essentially go through tor 4 times (twice there twice back)? Because the request from the tor browser has to through the computers main routing policy first, and then it will go to the tor browsers destination after it leaves vpn over tor?

 

If this is case, does that mean using this method is more secure than just tor alone as it has to go through tor twice?

 

 

 

 

[zhang888 1066]

It means you will have a chain of 7 hops  -  3 hops with each Tor circuit and a VPN server in the middle.

Very slow and nearly unusable due to a high latency, without any real security benefits.

Quite the same as using a 56kbps modem.

More details explanation here:

https://airvpn.org/tor/

[Waterwater10 2]

It means you will have a chain of 7 hops  -  3 hops with each Tor circuit and a VPN server in the middle.

Very slow and nearly unusable due to a high latency, without any real security benefits.

Quite the same as using a 56kbps modem.

More details explanation here:

https://airvpn.org/tor/

 

Thanks. Is there any way to tell if you are connecting to TOR when doing VPN over TOR?

 

You can't use a WHOIS because it will just show Air as the exit. I know it has a "test" button at the bottom in Eddie, but that just says "tor is connected" or something like that. Even if that does tell you it is actually connected, you're still blind and hoping the dialogue hasn't malfunctioned. 

 

 

Is there any way to actually see it? Any programs you can use?

[zhang888 1066]

Your local OpenVPN and Eddie logs. Also in netstat, where you should see only the Tor entry node.