[tor-relays] "Potentially dangerous relay groups"

[Chad MILLER]

Why isn't MyFamily a family name, instead of a list of members? I see no
downside to having an unauthenticated advisory
don't-route-through-me-if-you-also-route-through...

So, all of my nodes could have

MyFamilyName org.example

On Sep 28, 2016 05:52, "Roman Mamedov" <rm at romanrm.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:41:16 +0200
> Ralph Seichter <tor-relays-ml at horus-it.de> wrote:
>
> > Key fingerprints are technically much closer to being IDs than nicknames,
> > which are nothing but short strings that can - and do - change at a whim.
>
> We're talking MyFamily, so it's you who is in control of all the nicknames,
> and it's only by your whim they may or may not change.
>
> Still did not see any concrete practical arguments to why fingerprints are
> worth the additional hassle, especially when what we see in reality is
> nicknames working there perfectly well and causing zero issues whatsoever
> for
> years.
>
> --
> With respect,
> Roman
>
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