[Forwarding since truxton appears not to be subscribed to or-talk. As for the questions: a) yes, you should upgrade, that version is way old, and b) check out https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#MultipleRelays Thanks! -RD]
----- Forwarded message from [email protected] ----- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:24:31 -0700 From: Truxton Fulton <[email protected]> To: grarpamp <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: seven bloxortsipt* relays ought *not* to be Valid On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:10:34 -0400 grarpamp <[email protected]> wrote: > > "bloxortsipt": > > the more eyes on the nodes the better. > > > a) are running an obsolete version of tor (0.1.2.19) under > > LINUX, > > not good, for them at least. > > > b) publish identical ContactInfo "1024D/E5712ECF IPT Support > > neither good/bad > > > c) are *NOT* listed as a family, so your client might well > > build a > > not good > > > I recommend that all relay operators concerned about security in > > tor do likewise. > > umm, or or-talk people, ahem, could just say hi to them first, they > might just need a few pointers :) > Hi, Thanks for the heads up. Is (a) not good because of a security hole? I will upgrade. I dont understand about (c). All my "bloxortsipt" nodes are related, although they are geographically distributed, why/how should they be listed as a family? -Truxton ----- End forwarded message -----

