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

[Nate Homier]

On 04/15/2013 04:33 AM, Sebastian Hahn wrote:
> 
> 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.
Thanks Moritz and Sebastian, just what I needed to know.