Author: moritz Date: 2013-01-30 20:41:48 +0000 (Wed, 30 Jan 2013) New Revision: 26035

Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml Log: replaced outdated StrictExitNodes advice

Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml 2013-01-28 15:58:11 UTC (rev 26034) +++ website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml 2013-01-30 20:41:48 UTC (rev 26035) @@ -1467,22 +1467,14 @@ up your anonymity in ways we don't understand. </p> <p> - The <tt>EntryNodes</tt> and <tt>ExitNodes</tt> config options are - treated as a request, meaning if the nodes are down or seem slow, - Tor will still avoid them. You can make the option mandatory by - setting <tt>StrictExitNodes 1</tt> or <tt>StrictEntryNodes 1</tt> - &mdash; but if you do, your Tor connections will stop working - if all of the nodes you have specified become unreachable. - See the <a href="<page docs/documentation>#NeatLinks">Tor status -pages</a> - for some nodes you might pick. + Note also that not every circuit is used to deliver traffic outside of the Tor network. It is normal to see non-exit circuits (such as those used to connect to hidden services, those that do directory fetches, those used for relay reachability self-tests, and so on) that end at a non-exit node. To keep a node from being used entirely, see <tt>ExcludeNodes</tt> and <tt>StrictNodes</tt> in the <a href="<page docs/tor-manual>">manual</a>. </p> <p> Instead of <tt>$fingerprint</tt> you can also specify a <a

href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2"

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- letter ISO3166 country code</a> in curly braces (for example {de}), + letter ISO3166 country code</a> in curly braces (for example <tt>{de}</tt>), or an ip address pattern (for example 255.254.0.0/8), or a node nickname. Make sure there are no spaces between the commas and the list items.