[tor-relays] how long till the axe falls on little guard relays?

2014-08-11 Thread starlight . 2014q3
The guard status of the relay here is hanging on by a thread (consensus 5-in-favor 4-against) and this had me wondering until I read [tor-relays] don't worry (to much) if your relay is loosing the guard flag https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-July/005043.html Loo

[tor-relays] how sensitive is relay 'state' file?

2014-07-30 Thread starlight . 2014q3
Can anyone comment on how sensitive the information in the relay 'state' is? In particular, if entry guards are recorded in the file should one be concerned about protecting the file via a) encrypting the file system where it resides b) making a point of not backing up the file I suppose it come