[tor-relays] dir port on non exit

[Matt Traudt]

On 8/2/18 15:02, Roger Dingledine wrote:
> 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

Also, you won't set DirPortFrontPage since you aren't an exit. (This is
the only way I could come up with why asking about DirPort in the
context of exit vs non-exit made sense)

Hope that helps

Matt