[tor-bugs] #1924 [Tor Client]: Allow regular expression matching for ExcludeNodes/ExcludeExitNodes/EntryNodes/ExitNodes

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#1924: Allow regular expression matching for
ExcludeNodes/ExcludeExitNodes/EntryNodes/ExitNodes
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    Reporter:  aa138346          |        Type:  enhancement
      Status:  new               |    Priority:  normal     
   Milestone:  Tor: unspecified  |   Component:  Tor Client 
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Comment(by rransom):

 Replying to [comment:3 aa138346]:
 > I was more interested in this functionality so I could *exclude* certain
 nodes/exit nodes by hostname, domain, etc., which wouldn't be terribly
 inefficient.

 Yes, it would be inefficient.  Your Tor client would need to perform a DNS
 reverse lookup on every relay it knows about before it could build any
 circuits at all.

 > However, I see how it would raise all sorts of performance issues for
 the inclusion directives (EntryNode, ExitNode).
 >
 > Would this sort of functionality be desirable for the exclude
 directives?

 No.

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