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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>Does Tor identify
each node by its nickname? for example, in torrc, a series of commands such as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>ExcludeNodes
nickname,nickname,... <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>EntryNodes
nickname,nickname,... <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>ExitNodes
nickname,nickname,... <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>But when we see at
<a href="http://torstatus.kgprog.com">http://torstatus.kgprog.com</a>, (sorted
by their names) we can find a bundle of nodes with the same nickname “unnamed”,
see following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'><img border=0
width=258 height=653 id="_x56fe__x7247__x0020_1"
src="cid:image001.png@01C8636F.4C3CC5B0"></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>If I want to
remove a node located in China whose nickname also is “unnamed”, I
just add “ExcludeNodes unnamed” to torrc. How does tor know which
node I want to remove, perhaps, it removes a node in Europe which I want to
keep.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>Can anyone explain
why?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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