[tor-relays] Reasons to avoid being a guard? (was: Middle relay)

[jensm1]

I am curious about possible reasons, why one wouldn't want to become 
guard. Are there any risks or disadvantages that come with the guard flag?


Am 16.09.2016 um 16:32 schrieb Ivan Markin:
> Marcel Krzystek:
>> Add the following to your .torrc file:
>>
>> ExitPolicy reject *:*
> It's non-exit, not a "middle-only" relay. Jim probably doesn't want to
> become a Guard. I'm not aware of such option.
>
> btw, we've recently discussed in #19625 [1] possibility of setting
> "peering policy". If this would be implemented one can restrict
> connections only to relays in consensus (but not bridges?).
>
> [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19625
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> Ivan Markin
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