On 8/2/18 15:02, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 08:53:44PM +0200, TorGate wrote: >> Hi again, >> is the dir port on a nonexit node a god ide ? > > Having a separate DirPort open matters less and less these days. > > In the past it used to be the signal for clients about whether you > are providing cached directory information. Now every relay does that > by default, and clients fetch it via the encrypted ORPort connection, > so your DirPort will go mostly unused these days. > > So, "feel free if it's easy, but also feel free not to." > > Thanks for running a relay! > --Roger
Also, you won't set DirPortFrontPage since you aren't an exit. (This is the only way I could come up with why asking about DirPort in the context of exit vs non-exit made sense) Hope that helps Matt _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
