[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 arma):

 Replying to [comment:11 Sebastian]:
 > Another point is that geoip is pretty flawed, and we put the decision
 who can/can't be a relay into maxmind's hand. I think the whole feature is
 probably not useful, and having it on by default additionally gives a bad
 impression

 I think that's a strong argument for setting badexit rather than rejecting
 -- so if somebody in Germany sets up a relay and wonders why it isn't
 working, it's easier to realize "oh hey, Maxmind thinks you're in Iran".

 Let me turn the question around: if we learned that a given relay was
 logging all traffic that its users generate, and putting those logs up on
 its website, would we badexit that relay? I think we would. And that's
 what Syria is doing.

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