[tor-relays] dir port on non exit

TorGate torgate at linux-hus.dk
Thu Aug 2 19:11:08 UTC 2018


is a blank page enoth.
or is this a god ide to use the exit page and change it to non exit

TorGate
torgate(at)linux-hus.dk




> Am 02.08.2018 um 21:08 schrieb TorGate <torgate at linux-hus.dk>:
> 
> i have one exit and two nonexit.
> 
> 
> TorGate
> torgate(at)linux-hus.dk <http://linux-hus.dk/>
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>> Am 02.08.2018 um 21:04 schrieb Matt Traudt <pastly at torproject.org <mailto:pastly at torproject.org>>:
>> 
>> 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
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