[tor-relays] I need to shut down my relay for a month possibly, what should I do

[Sebastian Hahn]

On Apr 15, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Moritz Bartl <moritz at torservers.net> wrote:

> On 15.04.2013 03:45, Nate Homier wrote:
>> If I shut down for a month what will happen to my relay.  What if
>> someone chooses the same nick for their relay and so on.
> 
> Nicknames are not unique. Someone can pick the same nickname even when
> your relay is around. A unique property is the fingerprint derived from
> the relay private key.
> 
> You can shut down relays any time, even or especially over longer
> periods of time. It will take some time to "recover" and regain its
> current status, but don't worry about that.

That said, if your node currently has the Named flag, it will keep it
even if your relay is offline for a month.