On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 12:53:48AM +0000, Paritesh Boyeyoko wrote: > On a related note, just out of interest why was the decision taken that the > default exit policy for an out-of-the-box relay allows any exits at all?
Out of the box, relays don't allow exit at all. A relay admin has to explicitly choose to run an exit relay, and should be aware of what that might mean for ISP policy compliance. > Considering that > > a) the majority of people running Tor would be TBB users (and therefore > clients) and Clients aren't running relays at all. TBB and similar client installs are non-relay. > b) running exits can lead to unwanted grief > > I would have thought that the default exit policy would be reject *:* for That's correct, the default is reject *. > (can't think of a better word) "safety" reasons. If someone wants to run an > exit, it is then a deliberate action on their part, as opposed to a default > setting. That's correct, it takes a deliberate action on the part of the administrator to become a relay; and another deliberate action to become an exit relay. -andy _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
