[tor-relays] Simplifying ExoneraTor

Geoff Down geoffdown at fastmail.net
Mon Jul 6 23:26:21 UTC 2015



Karsten wrote:
> 
> Anyway, I guess what I'm trying to say is that this is not an exact
> science and there's no clearly right way to say that a relay is an
> exit or not.  We should pick a definition that's plausible to mere
> mortals, and that could be:
> 
>  a) whether the relay has the Exit flag,
>  b) whether the relay permitted exiting to "web ports" 80 or 443,
>  c) whether the relay permitted exiting to any port at all, etc.
> 
> I think a) is better than b).  But do you think c) would be even
> better than that?
> 
 From the perspective of someone investigating abuse, I think it's
 important that 'not an exit relay' means 'not capable of exiting on any
 port at all'. Ergo I think your option c) is the way to go.
Regards,
Geoff

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