[tor-talk] Why does parameter "StrictExitNodes" exist?

[Roger Dingledine]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 02:39:20PM -0800, Green Dream wrote:
> By default (i.e., StrictNodes is false) Tor will bypass your declared
> ExitNodes if it needs to do so in order for traffic to reach its
> destination. Imagine the scenario where all the exit nodes in your
> ExitNodes criteria have strict exit policy and they have no way to route
> your traffic to its destination. With StrictNodes set to True, Tor won't
> ever look for another exit, and this traffic won't be routable.
> 
> Going from memory, don't quote me. ;-)

No, this is wrong. StrictNodes has no effect on ExitNodes.

This is maybe a better description than the previous one I tried:
https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ReleaseNotes?id=tor-0.2.2.32#n124

--Roger