> Shouldn't this be treated more seriously? How? The Tor admins have to *request* this behavior of relay operators because there's no way to enforce such a rule.
On Monday, January 9, 2012 5:13pm, "Aurel W." <aure...@gmail.com> said: > 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 > _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
