getinfo circuit-status

[Nico Weinreich]

OK, I already thought, that a node with real name (not the fingerprint) 
could be identified clearly. Can someone help with my first question 
(which of the circuits from "getinfo circuit-status" TOR will use)?

Am 14.02.2010 01:04, schrieb Damian Johnson:
> Not sure about the first question (my guess would be either multiple
> circuits are built for added bandwidth or for complimentary exit
> policies - docs or someone else could answer this).
>
> As for the second question, I'm assuming that entries using nickname
> (verses a fingerprint like
> "$4F0826FA4C325C3CAA0054A6E023E566302C20C7") have the named flag and
> hence won't have a problem with ambiguity. Unfortunately the
> control-spec is a little tight lipped on this point so don't blame you
> for wondering about it. Cheers! -Damian
>
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Nico Weinreich<info at web-unity.de>  wrote:
>    
>> Hi,
>>
>> when interacting with tor control I can get the circuit with command
>> "getinfo circuit-status". What's a bit confusing for me, there are more than
>> one circuits:
>>
>> getinfo circuit-status
>> 250+circuit-status=
>> 51 BUILT rueckgrat,myrnaloy,$2DDAC53D4E7A556483ACE6859A57A63849F2C4F6
>> PURPOSE=GENERAL
>> 50 BUILT Freedom,nixnix,$4744AD962D32A11CD7CF4513617FAC33B339806B
>> PURPOSE=GENERAL
>> 15 BUILT HW2,$4F0826FA4C325C3CAA0054A6E023E566302C20C7,RainCloud
>> PURPOSE=GENERAL
>> 14 BUILT Freedom,SuperDave,bp1 PURPOSE=GENERAL
>>
>> So I have two questions:
>>
>> -which circuit does tor use (is it alway the circuit with the highest
>> number?)
>> -is there a way to get this nodes always as fingerprint (for example, there
>> are many nodes with name "idideditheconfig" and how do I know which one is
>> it when the node is listed in plain text?)
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