Shouldn't this be treated more seriously? There are literally over 100 high bandwidth relays, which should specify a family but which don't. If you monitor a client, it is very frequently that circuits are built where two relays are clearly controlled by the same person.
As a first try I mailed to two contact email addresses, but I haven't got any response. aurel On 6 January 2012 15:07, Aurel W. <aure...@gmail.com> wrote: >> So how would a NodeFamily declaration differ from the 3-node MyFamily >> example above? > NodeFamily can be specified by a client, if the relays don't specify > their MyFamily by themselfs. > > aurel > > On 6 January 2012 04:27, Steve Snyder <swsny...@snydernet.net> wrote: >> No, there no reason to set MyFamily when you only admin a single node. >> >> That said, I just followed the link you referenced, and it leaves my >> scratching head a little. The description of NodeFamily is: >> >> "The Tor servers, defined by their identity fingerprints or nicknames, >> constitute a "family" of similar or co-administered servers, so never use >> any two of them in the same circuit. Defining a NodeFamily is only needed >> when a server doesn’t list the family itself (with MyFamily). This option >> can be used multiple times." >> >> What? Suppose I operate 3 nodes. I could specify >> >> MyFamily >> $00000000000000000000000000000000,$111111111111111111111111111111,$22222222222222222222222222222222 >> >> The doc says: >> >> NodeFamily node,node,… >> >> MyFamily node,node,… >> >> So how would a NodeFamily declaration differ from the 3-node MyFamily >> example above? >> >> >> >> On 01/05/2012 09:29 PM, Greg wrote: >>> >>> (I'm quite new here, but...) >>> If you only run 1 node, is there any reason to set the Family? My >>> reading of https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en >>> (MyFamily, NodeFamily) suggests that it's not relevant for the 1-node >>> case. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Greg >>> >>> 2012/1/5 Tor Relays at brwyatt.net<t...@brwyatt.net>: >>>> >>>> Probably just misconfigured. If there are emails attached to the nodes >>>> you >>>> could try mailing them directly about it. >>>> >>>> brwyatt >>>> >>>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 01:29:42 +0100, "Aurel W."<aure...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> when I browse through the list of relays I find many router names, >>>>> which correlate in some way, but which don't specify a family in their >>>>> descriptors. >>>>> >>>>> Just to name a few: >>>>> * 2* c5VycfOP >>>>> * 3* c516a >>>>> * Caldron, Caldron2, Caldron3 >>>>> * BlgTOR2, BlgTOR >>>>> * DwarfHappy, DwarfSleepy, DwarfSneezy, DwarfDopey >>>>> * DONATIONxTORx0 - DONATIONxTORx7 >>>>> and so on,... >>>>> >>>>> is there a reason, why there is such a high number of relays, which >>>>> fail to specify a family, since this seams rather striking? >>>>> >>>>> aurel >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> tor-relays mailing list >>>>> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org >>>>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> tor-relays mailing list >>>> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org >>>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> tor-relays mailing list >>> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org >>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-relays mailing list >> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
