[tor-relays] Exit flag given to nodes with nearly-all-reject?

tagnaq BM-2D8suxrLhg2K6H4t4TCsGrNeJQAzPxH1EZ at bitmessage.ch
Wed Sep 11 19:53:34 UTC 2013


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> Is the 'exit' flag given to a Tor node which only allows exit to a
>  certain prefix?

Depents on the prefix size and allowed ports.

"
"Exit" -- A router is called an 'Exit' iff it allows exits to at
   least two of the ports 80, 443, and 6667 and allows exits to at
   least one /8 address space.
"

https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git?a=blob_plain;hb=HEAD;f=dir-spec.txt

https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029992.html

> If yes, what kind of effect does that have on path selection, will 
> it only be chosen for exit'ing to that prefix and not be used as a 
> relay?

"relays with the Exit flag are used mostly for exiting when they're
scarce"

https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay

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