[tor-talk] StrictExitNodes deprecated?

Joe Btfsplk joebtfsplk at gmx.com
Sat Nov 23 21:04:36 UTC 2013


On 11/23/2013 2:16 AM, Roger Dingledine wrote:
> 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.
What about when using TBB is desired, but sites (say web mail) won't 
accept addresses from countries other than used to sign up?
At least not w/o headaches - at times.  Just one example.  How can this 
be handled - or can it?


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