[tor-relays] Authority sigs needed

[Karsten Loesing]

Hi Sebastian,

On 1/10/12 1:10 PM, Sebastian Urbach wrote:
> Could all authority admins on this list please consider signing my new
> installed authority system. Just got 1 sig and i need at least 4 more to
> help with the service.

Thanks for offering to run a Tor directory authority.  I'm quoting Roger
here who responded to previous offers made by other people:

On 10/30/11 4:36 AM, Roger Dingledine wrote:
> Thanks for your interest!
> 
> The set of directory authorities is chosen not just for reliability
> but also for community trust. A majority of the directory authorities
> declare what relays are in the network:
> https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/doc/v3-authority-howto.txt
> https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#KeyManagement
> so that means a) we need to know them and trust them, and b) the rest
> of the Tor community needs to know them and trust them too.
> 
> I'm sure you're a nice guy, but you could be the adversary trying to
> add an evil directory authority. 
> 
> The best way to fix all of these issues is to join the development
> community and get involved. You can find us on irc at #tor and #tor-dev
> on irc.oftc.net. We also meet in person at various conferences throughout
> the year, such as the upcoming 28c3 congress in Berlin.
> 
> In the mean time, don't be disappointed. Being a "normal" relay is really
> valuable to the network. We don't actually need that many directory
> authorities to run the network successfully. Right now we have only 8,
> and things are working well enough.

You'll have to replace "28c3" with "29c3" in that reply, but other than
that the reply should still be valid.

Best,
Karsten