> > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 09:21:20PM -0400, BarkerJr wrote: > > > What is the criteria for getting listed as an "Exit" node > in the "s" > > > record for the controller interface's GETINFO /ns/id/fingerprint? > > > > You need to have two of these three ports wide open: 80, 443, 6667. > > No, I don't think it's fair that you have to open > unencrypted ports to > > be given the Exit badge. But, yes, it's just a badge, and > people will > > still use your exit even if you don't have the badge. > > In particular, it's used to try to predict which nodes will > have most of their bandwidth used in being an exit, in order > to avoid using up their bandwidth with relay traffic. See > path-spec.txt. > > yrs, > -- > Nick >
Thanks. Anybody know the answer to my other question I posted yesterday? "where does the data originate from when the controller GETINFO command is used? Does it just grab data out of the cached* files on disk? Or poll one of the directory authorities? Or something else?" Wesley
