[tor-relays] dir port on non exit

[Roger Dingledine]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 08:53:44PM +0200, TorGate wrote:
> Hi again,
> is the dir port on a nonexit node a god ide ?

Having a separate DirPort open matters less and less these days.

In the past it used to be the signal for clients about whether you
are providing cached directory information. Now every relay does that
by default, and clients fetch it via the encrypted ORPort connection,
so your DirPort will go mostly unused these days.

So, "feel free if it's easy, but also feel free not to."

Thanks for running a relay!
--Roger