Re: [tor-dev] [tor-commits] [tor/master] Clarify who learns about ContactInfo.
On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 01:45:26PM +0000, nickm@torproject.org wrote:
diff --git a/src/config/torrc.sample.in b/src/config/torrc.sample.in index c667efc..78013c2 100644 --- a/src/config/torrc.sample.in +++ b/src/config/torrc.sample.in @@ -120,9 +120,12 @@ ## is per month) #AccountingStart month 3 15:00
-## Contact info to be published in the directory, so we can contact you -## if your relay is misconfigured or something else goes wrong. Google -## indexes this, so spammers might also collect it. +## Administrative contact information for this relay or bridge. This line +## can be used to contact you if your relay or bridge is misconfigured or +## something else goes wrong. Note that we archive and publish all +## descriptors containing these lines and that Google indexes them, so +## spammers might also collect them. You may want to obscure the fact that +## it's an email address and/or generate a new address for this purpose. #ContactInfo Random Person <nobody AT example dot com> ## You might also include your PGP or GPG fingerprint if you have one: #ContactInfo 0xFFFFFFFF Random Person <nobody AT example dot com>
Hi Nick, Karsten, You've just changed the torrc.sample.in file, which will cause everybody who uses the deb and upgrades from Tor 0.2.4.17-rc to have to manually evaluate/adjust/replace their /etc/tor/torrc file. Are you sure you want to do this? It's not the end of the world here since the torrc.sample was last updated for Tor 0.2.4.3-alpha, so people upgrading from 0.2.3.x debs will already be affected. But I wonder if it's really worth hassling every deb user who will be upgrading from 0.2.4.x? In any case we should update the ## Last updated 12 September 2012 for Tor 0.2.4.3-alpha. line at the top of the file, so we can accurately predict who will be affected by changes like this in the future. --Roger
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 01:45:26PM +0000, nickm@torproject.org wrote:
diff --git a/src/config/torrc.sample.in b/src/config/torrc.sample.in index c667efc..78013c2 100644 --- a/src/config/torrc.sample.in +++ b/src/config/torrc.sample.in @@ -120,9 +120,12 @@ ## is per month) #AccountingStart month 3 15:00
-## Contact info to be published in the directory, so we can contact you -## if your relay is misconfigured or something else goes wrong. Google -## indexes this, so spammers might also collect it. +## Administrative contact information for this relay or bridge. This line +## can be used to contact you if your relay or bridge is misconfigured or +## something else goes wrong. Note that we archive and publish all +## descriptors containing these lines and that Google indexes them, so +## spammers might also collect them. You may want to obscure the fact that +## it's an email address and/or generate a new address for this purpose. #ContactInfo Random Person <nobody AT example dot com> ## You might also include your PGP or GPG fingerprint if you have one: #ContactInfo 0xFFFFFFFF Random Person <nobody AT example dot com>
Hi Nick, Karsten,
You've just changed the torrc.sample.in file, which will cause everybody who uses the deb and upgrades from Tor 0.2.4.17-rc to have to manually evaluate/adjust/replace their /etc/tor/torrc file.
Are you sure you want to do this?
It's not the end of the world here since the torrc.sample was last updated for Tor 0.2.4.3-alpha, so people upgrading from 0.2.3.x debs will already be affected.
But I wonder if it's really worth hassling every deb user who will be upgrading from 0.2.4.x?
In any case we should update the ## Last updated 12 September 2012 for Tor 0.2.4.3-alpha. line at the top of the file, so we can accurately predict who will be affected by changes like this in the future.
I'm fine either way, up to and including reverting the change for 0.2.4 and keeping it in 0.2.5. What do you think, Karsten? -- Nick
On 10/9/13 4:45 PM, Nick Mathewson wrote:
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 01:45:26PM +0000, nickm@torproject.org wrote:
diff --git a/src/config/torrc.sample.in b/src/config/torrc.sample.in index c667efc..78013c2 100644 --- a/src/config/torrc.sample.in +++ b/src/config/torrc.sample.in @@ -120,9 +120,12 @@ ## is per month) #AccountingStart month 3 15:00
-## Contact info to be published in the directory, so we can contact you -## if your relay is misconfigured or something else goes wrong. Google -## indexes this, so spammers might also collect it. +## Administrative contact information for this relay or bridge. This line +## can be used to contact you if your relay or bridge is misconfigured or +## something else goes wrong. Note that we archive and publish all +## descriptors containing these lines and that Google indexes them, so +## spammers might also collect them. You may want to obscure the fact that +## it's an email address and/or generate a new address for this purpose. #ContactInfo Random Person <nobody AT example dot com> ## You might also include your PGP or GPG fingerprint if you have one: #ContactInfo 0xFFFFFFFF Random Person <nobody AT example dot com>
Hi Nick, Karsten,
You've just changed the torrc.sample.in file, which will cause everybody who uses the deb and upgrades from Tor 0.2.4.17-rc to have to manually evaluate/adjust/replace their /etc/tor/torrc file.
Are you sure you want to do this?
It's not the end of the world here since the torrc.sample was last updated for Tor 0.2.4.3-alpha, so people upgrading from 0.2.3.x debs will already be affected.
But I wonder if it's really worth hassling every deb user who will be upgrading from 0.2.4.x?
In any case we should update the ## Last updated 12 September 2012 for Tor 0.2.4.3-alpha. line at the top of the file, so we can accurately predict who will be affected by changes like this in the future.
I'm fine either way, up to and including reverting the change for 0.2.4 and keeping it in 0.2.5.
What do you think, Karsten?
Oh! Probably not worth hassling 0.2.4 deb users. It looks like many people upgraded to 0.2.4.17-rc in September. There are about 1000 of 4400 relays running 0.2.4 these days [0]. How about we partially a) revert the change to torrc.sample.in for 0.2.4 (the man page change can stay, right?) and b) update the "Last updated" part in the 0.2.5 torrc.sample.in? Nick, please find https://gitweb.torproject.org/karsten/tor.git/shortlog/refs/heads/task-9854-... for the change in b). I'm not entirely sure how to do the change in a) without messing up your backporting logic. Thanks! All the best, Karsten [0] https://metrics.torproject.org/network.html?graph=versions&start=2013-01-01&...
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Karsten Loesing <karsten@torproject.org> wrote:
On 10/9/13 4:45 PM, Nick Mathewson wrote:
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 01:45:26PM +0000, nickm@torproject.org wrote:
diff --git a/src/config/torrc.sample.in b/src/config/torrc.sample.in index c667efc..78013c2 100644 --- a/src/config/torrc.sample.in +++ b/src/config/torrc.sample.in @@ -120,9 +120,12 @@ ## is per month) #AccountingStart month 3 15:00
-## Contact info to be published in the directory, so we can contact you -## if your relay is misconfigured or something else goes wrong. Google -## indexes this, so spammers might also collect it. +## Administrative contact information for this relay or bridge. This line +## can be used to contact you if your relay or bridge is misconfigured or +## something else goes wrong. Note that we archive and publish all +## descriptors containing these lines and that Google indexes them, so +## spammers might also collect them. You may want to obscure the fact that +## it's an email address and/or generate a new address for this purpose. #ContactInfo Random Person <nobody AT example dot com> ## You might also include your PGP or GPG fingerprint if you have one: #ContactInfo 0xFFFFFFFF Random Person <nobody AT example dot com>
Hi Nick, Karsten,
You've just changed the torrc.sample.in file, which will cause everybody who uses the deb and upgrades from Tor 0.2.4.17-rc to have to manually evaluate/adjust/replace their /etc/tor/torrc file.
Are you sure you want to do this?
It's not the end of the world here since the torrc.sample was last updated for Tor 0.2.4.3-alpha, so people upgrading from 0.2.3.x debs will already be affected.
But I wonder if it's really worth hassling every deb user who will be upgrading from 0.2.4.x?
In any case we should update the ## Last updated 12 September 2012 for Tor 0.2.4.3-alpha. line at the top of the file, so we can accurately predict who will be affected by changes like this in the future.
I'm fine either way, up to and including reverting the change for 0.2.4 and keeping it in 0.2.5.
What do you think, Karsten?
Oh! Probably not worth hassling 0.2.4 deb users. It looks like many people upgraded to 0.2.4.17-rc in September. There are about 1000 of 4400 relays running 0.2.4 these days [0].
How about we partially a) revert the change to torrc.sample.in for 0.2.4 (the man page change can stay, right?) and b) update the "Last updated" part in the 0.2.5 torrc.sample.in?
Nick, please find https://gitweb.torproject.org/karsten/tor.git/shortlog/refs/heads/task-9854-... for the change in b). I'm not entirely sure how to do the change in a) without messing up your backporting logic.
Merging b. To do a, I did: 541 cd src/tor-024 545 git revert --no-commit 66a04a6ac334775dc396025e0c15fa49eca138a7 549 git reset doc/tor.1.txt 551 git checkout doc/tor.1.txt 554 git revert --continue 556 git push 557 cd ../tor 562 git log master..origin/maint-0.2.4 565 git merge -s ours origin/maint-0.2.4 566 git push (The omitted commands are obsessive "git status" invocations, and screw-ups.)
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Nick Mathewson -
Roger Dingledine