[tor-bugs] #31163 [Core Tor/Tor]: A flag to use hostname than IP as relay

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#31163: A flag to use hostname than IP as relay
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 Reporter:  cyberbot      |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:  Tor: unspecified
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 There is already a large number of relays/bridges on dynamic ips. Mostly
 dynamic relays you can find here:

 http://rougmnvswfsmd4dq.onion/rs.html#search/snap

 So this relays appear to be offline until the new descriptor with changed
 {{{
 Address
 }}}
  is voted from consensus. Which can take some ours for even stable alive
 relays.

 Many providers nowadays sadly do still force new IP per 24h.


 Well actually this DNS checks are for exit only. If a relay have broken
 DNSconfig it could fail path-selection for Hostname in
 {{{
 Address
 }}}
 extending.

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