commit 86079a875767f68b6001b7fe145b6889a279dc41 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> Date: Sat Dec 24 14:51:30 2011 -0500 update instructions on the exitlist script --- contrib/exitlist | 26 ++++++++++++++------------ 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/exitlist b/contrib/exitlist index ba682b5..3fd26b5 100755 --- a/contrib/exitlist +++ b/contrib/exitlist @@ -8,23 +8,25 @@ exitlist -- Given a Tor directory on stdin, lists the Tor servers that accept connections to given addreses. - example usage (Tor 0.2.0.7-alpha and earlier): - - cat ~/.tor/cached-routers* | python exitlist 18.244.0.188:80 - - example usage (Tor 0.2.0.8-alpha and later): + example usage: cat ~/.tor/cached-descriptors* | python exitlist 18.244.0.188:80 - You should look at the "FetchUselessDescriptors" config option in the - man page. For 0.2.0.13-alpha and later, also look at the - "FetchDirInfoEarly" config option. + You should look at the "FetchUselessDescriptors" and "FetchDirInfoEarly" + config options in the man page. Note that this script won't give you a perfect list of IP addresses - that might connect to you using Tor, since some Tor servers might exit - from other addresses than the one they publish. See - https://check.torproject.org/ for an alternative (more - accurate!) approach. + that might connect to you using Tor. + False negatives: + - Some Tor servers might exit from other addresses than the one they + publish in their descriptor. + False positives: + - This script just looks at the descriptor lists, so it counts relays + that were running a day in the past and aren't running now (or are + now running at a different address). + + See https://check.torproject.org/ for an alternative (more accurate!) + approach. """