On Thursday 31 October 2013 19:14:47 Andy Isaacson wrote:
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 09:52:41PM -0400, Roger Dingledine wrote:
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 06:12:47PM -0700, Andy Isaacson wrote:
That's correct, it takes a deliberate action on the part of the administrator to become a relay; and another deliberate action to become an exit relay.
Actually, that second part isn't true. Once you decide to become a relay, the default is to exit to most popular ports.
Whoops, thanks for the correction Roger. I guess I've been configuring exit relays for so long that I forget what it's like to configure a non-exit. :)
Same for me. I also thought that setting up a relay would still make it a non- exit by default, as it was in the old days.
I am wondering if the advantage of what Roger stated outweighs the disadvantages for tor operators who do not fully overlook what it means to run an exit node.
I would make non-exit the default.
Regards,
Torland