[tor-relays] "Potentially dangerous relay groups"

nusenu nusenu at openmailbox.org
Tue Sep 27 21:39:00 UTC 2016


>> Always watching my ass to be a good old Tor operator, I got my
>> nodes on the list. Always fun to see how one time not updating all
>> your MyFamily's gets you marked for life xD
>> 
>> Time for some conf-updating.
> 
> To possibly simplify this a bit, consider that:
> 
> *) It doesn't hurt anything if a node has itself listed in its own
> MyFamily. You can just use the same MyFamily string in all your
> configs.
> 
> *) Give up on listing fingerprints, instead simply list nicknames.
> Any harm this can possibly cause, is largely hypothetical. So if that
> simplifies management for you, just go for it.

I would recommend to use fingerprints:

https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en
> When listing a node, it’s better to list it by fingerprint than by
> nickname: fingerprints are more reliable.





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