[tor-relays] not specified families

[Aurel W.]

> So how would a NodeFamily declaration differ from the 3-node MyFamily
> example above?
NodeFamily can be specified by a client, if the relays don't specify
their MyFamily by themselfs.

aurel

On 6 January 2012 04:27, Steve Snyder <swsnyder at snydernet.net> wrote:
> No, there no reason to set MyFamily when you only admin a single node.
>
> That said, I just followed the link you referenced, and it leaves my
> scratching head a little.  The description of NodeFamily is:
>
> "The Tor servers, defined by their identity fingerprints or nicknames,
> constitute a "family" of similar or co-administered servers, so never use
> any two of them in the same circuit. Defining a NodeFamily is only needed
> when a server doesn’t list the family itself (with MyFamily). This option
> can be used multiple times."
>
> What?  Suppose I operate 3 nodes.  I could specify
>
> MyFamily
> $00000000000000000000000000000000,$111111111111111111111111111111,$22222222222222222222222222222222
>
> The doc says:
>
>  NodeFamily node,node,…
>
>  MyFamily node,node,…
>
> So how would a NodeFamily declaration differ from the 3-node MyFamily
> example above?
>
>
>
> On 01/05/2012 09:29 PM, Greg wrote:
>>
>> (I'm quite new here, but...)
>> If you only run 1 node, is there any reason to set the Family? My
>> reading of https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en
>> (MyFamily, NodeFamily) suggests that it's not relevant for the 1-node
>> case.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Greg
>>
>> 2012/1/5 Tor Relays at brwyatt.net<tor at brwyatt.net>:
>>>
>>> Probably just misconfigured. If there are emails attached to the nodes
>>> you
>>> could try mailing them directly about it.
>>>
>>> brwyatt
>>>
>>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 01:29:42 +0100, "Aurel W."<aurel.w at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> when I browse through the list of relays I find many router names,
>>>> which correlate in some way, but which don't specify a family in their
>>>> descriptors.
>>>>
>>>> Just to name a few:
>>>> * 2* c5VycfOP
>>>> * 3* c516a
>>>> * Caldron, Caldron2, Caldron3
>>>> * BlgTOR2, BlgTOR
>>>> * DwarfHappy, DwarfSleepy, DwarfSneezy, DwarfDopey
>>>> * DONATIONxTORx0 - DONATIONxTORx7
>>>> and so on,...
>>>>
>>>> is there a reason, why there is such a high number of relays, which
>>>> fail to specify a family, since this seams rather striking?
>>>>
>>>> aurel
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