[tor-bugs] #3529 [Tor Relay]: Needless Torrc Entries in Bridge Spec

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#3529: Needless Torrc Entries in Bridge Spec
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 Reporter:  atagar     |          Owner:     
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new
 Priority:  minor      |      Milestone:     
Component:  Tor Relay  |        Version:     
 Keywords:             |         Parent:     
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:     
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 The bridge spec [1] suggests that bridges have both...
 BridgeRelay 1
 PublishServerDescriptor bridge

 in their torrc. The second is pointless and, according to Roger and
 Robert, this spec is kinda obsolete:

 18:41 < atagar> The 'BridgeRelay 1' and 'PublishServerDescriptor bridge'
 seems kinda redundant. The bridge spec says to use both but the man page
 entry for 'BridgeRelay' says...
 18:41 < atagar> 'It mainly causes Tor to publish a server descriptor to
 the bridge database, rather than publishing a relay descriptor to the
 public directory authorities.'
 18:41 < atagar> Is the former just an alias for the second? Is there a
 reason we suggest that both are used?
 18:44 < rransom__> atagar: Use 'BridgeRelay 1'.
 18:45 < rransom__> 'PublishServerDescriptor bridge' doesn't make a relay
 answer directory requests.
 18:52 < atagar> thanks - we should change that in the spec
 18:52  * atagar will submit a ticket when he's on a connection that
 doesn't have 40-second-per-character latency
 21:57 < armadev> atagar: the bridge spec is not what you should look at to
 decide how to configure your bridge. it's obsolete in that respect.
 21:57 < armadev> for example, you don't need to touch
 publishserverdescriptor. it will automatically do the right thing.
 22:38 < atagar> armadev: you still want to set it to zero for a private
 bridge, right?
 22:39 < rransom__> Yes.
 22:40 < atagar> 'not what you should look at to decide how to configure
 your bridge' -> What is? Is the torrc setup for bridges in an faq? (after
 a quick search it seemed like the spec was the best description we had)
 22:41 < rransom__> bridge-spec.txt is obsolete.
 22:42 < atagar> we should lable it as such, then
 22:42 < rransom__> https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges is about how to
 configure a bridge.

 We should correct the spec, label it as being obsolete, or remove it to
 avoid future confusion.

 [1] https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git?a=blob_plain;hb=HEAD;f
 =bridges-spec.txt

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