nusenu wrote:
Eran Sandler:
I certainly think it should be added by default.
I agree that an html page giving some basic information about tor on every exit relay IP makes sense.
If there are no major concerns from other operators to enable this _by default_ I will open a trac ticket to start discussions with the tor developers.
I agree this is a very useful feature, I use it on all exits. But it only makes sense if DirPort is running on port 80, otherwise nobody will just try the IP address with :randomport in their browsers until they see a working web page.
Also note that since some time BEGIN_DIR is used, so relays serve directory data via their ORPorts, thus not making DirPort mandatory if you want to serve directory data. The long-term plan is to entirely use ORPort, so relays will need 1 single port to run for both Tor traffic and Tor directory data, making things easier to configure in firewalls, less data in our consensus documents, etc.
It will not hurt if a page is added as a default if the relay is Exit and the request is HTTP, display an info web page, but this again will only make sense if ORPort == 80.
I think it's simpler if this is pushed to the operator's control, to do it at their own choice. Maybe one wants to run a webserver and show that page, or even more advanced statistics like bw usage, etc. Maybe one wants to add his company banner, or etc. Making this optional and configurable at operator side makes sense, since it's hard to come up with some sane defaults that will just work outside the box for everyone.