[tor-talk] StrictExitNodes deprecated?

Roger Dingledine arma at mit.edu
Sat Nov 23 08:16:29 UTC 2013


On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 07:42:23AM +0200, Sherief Alaa wrote:
> > I just see the options StrictExitNodes and StrictEntryNodes is deprecated?
> 
> The correct syntax is:
> 
> EntryNodes {node, node, ...}
> StrictNodes 0 or 1 #0 for disabled

No, you should not use StrictNodes with EntryNodes or ExitNodes. It
won't do anything (except confuse you I guess).

> Note: it's recommend to leave Tor handle your path selection
>automatically rather than specifying one yourself as it can greatly harm
>your anonymity.

This is likely still true.

--Roger



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