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On 21/07/20 18:16, nusenu wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hi,
I'm happy to finally announce version 1 of the ContactInfo Information Sharing Specification:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/nusenu/ContactInfo-Information-Sharing-Specification">https://github.com/nusenu/ContactInfo-Information-Sharing-Specification</a>
This is an effort that started in 2017 as you can see on github.
...
regards,
nusenu
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<p>Hi Nunsenu</p>
<p>Firstly, thank you for taking the time to look at the issue of
malicious relay operators and come up with some potential
approaches
for addressing it.</p>
<p>If I understand correctly your objective is to increase the level
of effort required to run a relay, at least when it comes to the
larger relays. I assume that you assume that if more effort is
required then malicious relay operators will shut down and go
elsewhere?</p>
<p>I do not feel the proposed verification measures will make a
malicious relay operators life sufficiently more difficult
unfortunately.
</p>
<p>Malicious relay operators already expend relatively large amounts
of money and presumably effort to do their thing; the example you
gave initially talked about a potentially malicious operator
providing up to 23% of exit capacity - that must be a very
expensive
already surely?</p>
<p>I can't help but feel that the issue of malicious operators could
perhaps be better addressed by</p>
<p>1) Having a valid email contact address for any given relay as
you
already suggest; and</p>
<p>2) Having each operator join this mailing-list (using the above
email address) and introduce, anonymously or otherwise, themselves
and their relay(s).</p>
<p>To have either the guard or exit flags on your relay you would
need to complete the aforementioned 2 steps. In cases where there
are
concerns over a relay or set of relays then there would be a
transparent and public forum where those concerns can be both
raised
and (hopefully) addressed, i.e. this mailing list.</p>
<p>I get that it is not as interesting as a more technical approach
but IMHO it would be more effective and could be implemented
almost
immediately and is actually not that easy to game compared to
technical solutions.</p>
<p>Anyway these are just my thoughts.</p>
<p>Thanks again for taking the time to look at the problem.</p>
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<p>yours</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%">M Wang</p>
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