[tor-relays] Ripped off relay name

Alexander Dietrich alexander at dietrich.cx
Mon Sep 20 17:22:28 UTC 2021


> Georg Koppen <gk at torproject.org> hat am 20.09.2021 18:38 geschrieben:
> 
> This happens from time to time. It could be someone trying to
> impersonate your relay. Feel free to contact
> 
> bad-relays at lists.torproject.org
> 
> with your relay nickname/fingerprint and we can take care of that and
> investigate.

That reminds me, I recently wrote a simple Python script to check for relays with look-alike names or ContactInfo:

https://github.com/artikel10/impostor

It even found something, but it was only our new relays when I forgot to update the MyFamily value. 😬

Kind regards,
Alexander


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