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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 28. Jul 2017, at 18:45, Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. <<a href="mailto:igrover@aileronit.com" class="">igrover@aileronit.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Good morning,<br class=""><br class="">Since the Nickname option is merely cosmetic, we can safely reuse an expired Tor exit node's nickname on a new Tor exit node with no adverse side effects on directories, metrics sites, or the network as a whole?<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Yes.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Fingerprint is important, name doesnt really matter.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Make your day great,<br class="">Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant<br class="">Aileron I.T. - "Practical & Proactive I.T. Solutions"<br class=""><br class="">O: 715-377-0440, F:715-690-1029, W: <a href="http://www.aileronit.com" class="">www.aileronit.com</a> <br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-----Original Message-----<br class="">From: tor-relays [<a href="mailto:tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org" class="">mailto:tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org</a>] On Behalf Of teor<br class="">Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 6:39 PM<br class="">To: <a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org" class="">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br class="">Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Best practices to move a Tor node?<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 27 Jul 2017, at 23:10, niftybunny <<a href="mailto:abuse@to-surf-and-protect.net" class="">abuse@to-surf-and-protect.net</a>> wrote:<br class="">...<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 27. Jul 2017, at 15:07, Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. <<a href="mailto:igrover@aileronit.com" class="">igrover@aileronit.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Good morning from Wisconsin,<br class=""><br class="">What are the best practices with regards to moving a Tor node to a <br class="">new server in a different country? Is it as simple as securely <br class="">transferring files to the new server and restarting the Tor service<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Yes :)<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">You can also delete the old keys and start a new relay.<br class=""><br class="">It's more secure, better for network load balancing, and easier to get it right.<br class=""><br class="">Your new VPS likely has different network performance to your old VPS, and transferring the keys transfers the old performance measurements. It's better for clients that performance measurements are accurate, even if it takes some time for your new relay to be measured.<br class=""><br class="">See this thread for more details:<br class=""><a href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2016-September/010229.html" class="">https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2016-September/010229.html</a><br class=""><br class="">T<br class=""><br class="">--<br class="">Tim Wilson-Brown (teor)<br class=""><br class="">teor2345 at gmail dot com<br class="">PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n<br class="">xmpp: teor at torproject dot org<br class="">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">tor-relays mailing list<br class="">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org<br class="">https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>