[tor-relays] Node Operators Web Of Trust (Spencer Rhodes)

[Spencer Rhodes]

> 
> From: Gareth Llewellyn <gareth at networksaremadeofstring.co.uk>
> To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> Date: November 10, 2014 at 5:58:12 AM EST
> Reply-To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Node Operators Web Of Trust
> 
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> On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 8:26 PM, grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com <mailto:grarpamp at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Is it not time to establish a node operator web of trust?
> Look at all the nodes out there with or without 'contact' info,
> do you really know who runs them? Have you talked with
> them? What are their motivations? Are they your friends?
> Do you know where they work, such as you see them every day
> stocking grocery store, or in some building with a badge on it?
> Does their story jive? Are they active in the community/spaces
> we are? Etc. This is huge potential problem.
> 
> I had an idea for this a little while ago; https://tortbv.link/ <https://tortbv.link/> using the published GPG signature in the contact info to sign the node fingerprint, if you trust the GPG key then you can _possibly_ trust that the node is run by the named operator.
> 
> Never got round to actually doing anything with it though...
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Strikes me as a very good idea. Perhaps lawyers wielding attorney-client privilege could be used to protect the identities of those node operators who wish to remain anonymous.
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Spencer Rhodes, Esq.

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