Re: [tor-relays] Using your own Relay as Entry Node
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I too would like to know, if using one's own relay as an Entry Node WITHOUT any of the Proxy shenanigans is good practice to maintain one's anonymity. I want to hard code my relay in torrc as the only entry node. Should this be done? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (MingW32) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJXGsFTAAoJEH1gNwhiMDZuxzUP/i9t56ZLG246vyV8Bb3Lz/9o bh/03OHrfKG+ZrgBKRu+K3pDxR6iPdKF5unvrRkmO8AOa056rUKNH0uBu/Ssawtx Bet0SDJT3YlPOYLhJAjO1Vy3nHgLxBwVGVs9z0pyS1yvcgufrmTQoLnpiTEtXLjg KvR2DqmBbgDvBJB6EX6GLSdI8agNsV92XD/nPkV6Z1lOZO6B2dzkSnaH7PyqEeQo vhhW4s9z28r//mbk59FvTB/LKbsvRIMh2PA1I3rdUonaDbBT/d1NCl2ICjvPKg2x CUGuF2Sjv6Rcw64BugvPBEUAKkb73woX0iQ52Ce1aowe3mx2xdnG4SAg5o4xwEr2 ORUG+4kGW+ds4kOaCDfkrjkSuqRw25zXhLLOTiaaHhKtTxFcbEoEcUfFL2z3ERDr sFkmFF1ce0fGzn7FBt6k+GR6c6XwmEu3orf/smW+JD669gNWeGyTWcN4vmml4Vge E9EwKRYT2Qk4VG5S6kg84eqJKSWIoqTR4ffISxpc5XwHqeWigBBhLMn8OP+4BqZP TjyW1Q/6/0O2mOISuhtyuvlbxvVRWO/Lwp2MWhAAaTSnMTyYHVJeO+JXl/h3zORs 4qCWAe9QkO9VheCMaIFw3kTVNWO09UZEvGgY5qtsNhwygABYZ0q5SpL1i49ros0v 8p0//o07gYqlItaLwDP6 =nshE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
I'd say it's a tradeoff. You may have more trust of your own entry guard, but you're losing the benefits of guard rotation and possibly making it easier for de-anonymizing attacks to occur. From the man page: "We recommend you do not use these — they are intended for testing and may disappear in future versions. You get the best security that Tor can provide when you leave the route selection to Tor; overriding the entry / exit nodes can mess up your anonymity in ways we don't understand."
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