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

[blobby at openmailbox.org]

On 2016-03-11 00:11, Roger Dingledine wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 02:39:20PM -0800, Green Dream wrote:
>> By default (i.e., StrictNodes is false) Tor will bypass your declared
>> ExitNodes if it needs to do so in order for traffic to reach its
>> destination. Imagine the scenario where all the exit nodes in your
>> ExitNodes criteria have strict exit policy and they have no way to 
>> route
>> your traffic to its destination. With StrictNodes set to True, Tor 
>> won't
>> ever look for another exit, and this traffic won't be routable.
>> 
>> Going from memory, don't quote me. ;-)
> 
> No, this is wrong. StrictNodes has no effect on ExitNodes.
> 
> This is maybe a better description than the previous one I tried:
> https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ReleaseNotes?id=tor-0.2.2.32#n124
> 
> --Roger

AIUI:

StrictNodes 1
ExitNodes {us}
ExitNodes BigSexyBanana

Yes?