[tor-talk] Re: Why does parameter "StrictExitNodes" exist?

[Ben Stover]

Ok, thank you.

But as far as I understand 

StrictNodes

is now the new command. But the same problem applies here as well.

Assume I sepcify as already said:

ExitNodes {fr},{de],{ca}

BUT NO "StrictNodes 1" command.

Does that mean "You need not obey the ExitNodes" command?

Ben



>On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 08:07:44AM +0100, Ben Stover wrote:
>> Assume I specified in "torrc" file
>> 
>> ExitNodes {fr},{de],{ca}
>> 
>> According to Tor docs that means that the exit nodes should always (?) be in one of the three countries.
>> 
>> On the other hand there is another parameter "StrictExitNodes" which forces Tor to use an ExitNode
>> from one of the three nodes. This is confusing.

>Strictexitnodes went away years ago. It no longer exists.

>You might enjoy
>https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ChangeLog?id=tor-0.2.2.7-alpha#n43
>for the history of how the design changed (back in 2010).

>--Roger