[tor-bugs] #12908 [Tor]: Warn when running a relay and a hidden service in the same process

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#12908: Warn when running a relay and a hidden service in the same process
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     Reporter:  nickm        |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
    Component:  Tor          |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:  025-backport tor-hs tor-relay
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Comment (by arma):

 Merging a3fe8b1166 into 0.2.5 sounds fine to me.

 There are actually a variety of reasons not to run your hidden service on
 a relay (or I guess bridge) -- the correlation of public up- and down-
 times is another one.
 http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#wpes09-bridge-attack
 https://blog.torproject.org/blog/protecting-bridge-operators-probing-
 attacks
 and that last one is even a more generic "reason not to use your relay or
 bridge as anything else".

 So I'd be in favor of a more broad warning message here.

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