[tor-bugs] #4923 [Tor Directory Authority]: badexiting (or rejecting) relays from certain bad countries by default

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#4923: badexiting (or rejecting) relays from certain bad countries by default
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 Reporter:  arma                     |          Owner:                  
     Type:  enhancement              |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal                   |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:                  
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Comment(by ioerror):

 Whoa - color me shocked!

 I'm willing to bet that this is the _wrong_ way to do things - I really
 think that this is why we need to implement my suggestion on geoip aware
 circuit building.

 If I'm in Syria, I want to never use a Syrian exit for a non-Syrian site.
 If I'm in Iran, I want to never use an Iranian exit for a non-Iranian
 site.
 If I'm in the US, I want to never use an American exit for a non-American
 site.

 However, I'm pretty certain that if I am going to Twitter, located in the
 US, from a connection in the US, i don't care if I use a US exit or a
 foreign exit - either way, the US may see a lot of my circuit. So if
 anything, I want all of my circuits isolated by my actual choices in
 destinations, keeping in mind my general location.

 I want to be able to exit into Syria from Syria or Iran if I am not in
 those countries - they're not bad nodes simply because they're in Syria or
 Iran. In fact, I bet that exiting from Syria for visiting a site in Iran
 is quite reasonable when I am in neither country.

 I really really think this belongs in a more well thought out circuit
 building algorithm on the client side; badexit is a blunt instrument and
 this makes us look like tools of the US government's bullshit and ill
 thought out internet policy talking points.

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