sorry to bother you guys, and i hope its not a dumb repeated question. but which of the two following options is preferred for an exit node on openBSD? - run the Tor package available through the openBSD repositories, which is 2.2.35 but probably been reviewed by the openBSD team. or - compile and use 2.2.39 which is not as obsolete? thanks
http://openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html
Never consider any package from any OS as reviewed software. There simply isn't time to do such thing properly. Packages merely bring software to an OS and are usually compilation fixes, feature toggles, automated building and if lucky, bug reports sent uptream and fixes adopted therein.
Read the Tor changelog if you're worried about versions. Run Tor in a jail or under similar constraints if you're worried about exploits. If you're a new node, you might as well run 0.2.3.x as that's where things will be centered for the next three to six quarters.
On 10/11/2012 03:50 AM, grarpamp wrote:
http://openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html
Never consider any package from any OS as reviewed software. There simply isn't time to do such thing properly. Packages merely bring software to an OS and are usually compilation fixes, feature toggles, automated building and if lucky, bug reports sent uptream and fixes adopted therein.
Read the Tor changelog if you're worried about versions. Run Tor in a jail or under similar constraints if you're worried about exploits. If you're a new node, you might as well run 0.2.3.x as that's where things will be centered for the next three to six quarters.
+1
So: as you want.
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