[tor-relays] avoiding frequent MyFamily syncing on a dynamic Tor instance group

[Moritz Bartl]

Sounds like a great idea to me.

On 07.04.2011 01:36, tagnaq wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know if this is already done but it just came into my mind when
> writing something to sync MyFamily settings throughout multiple nodes:
> 
> To avoid frequent reloads of many Tor instances, one could pre-emptively
> create keys (lets say keys for 30 nodes) and build a MyFamily set for it.
> As you add nodes use this MyFamily set although not all 30 keys are in
> use yet. This way one would not have to touch running instances when
> adding new ones.
> 
> From a security point of view this is probably quite a bad thing, but
> does someone already do that?


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