ExcludeNodes doesn't work right

2009-04-30 Thread Scott Bennett
About a day ago, I added a list of obsolete nodes, mostly running 0.1.*.* releases, to my ExcludeNodes list in torrc. One of those was TSL. I still see TSL being chosen for routes for circuits. I've noticed such apparent violations and commented upon them previously here. What I don't

Re: Version checking (was Re: 25 tbreg relays in directory)

2009-04-30 Thread Dominik Schaefer
On 30.04.09 00:24, Tripple Moon wrote: Yes I agree that those other factors, which were not mentioned yet, are ofcourse also elements to take into account for differences. And like i previously already admitted this is a difficult topic to make foolproof. Actually you don't come with any

Tor questions

2009-04-30 Thread Brent Clark
Hiya I got this question to ask, and I know to some it will be a very silly Q, but im hoping you will see the light and in the spirit that im asking this. Why does Tor not too use or support UDP? I know its stateless in nature ( could error handling be handled but Tor ), but the point im

Re: Tor questions

2009-04-30 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 04:39:07PM +0200, Brent Clark wrote: Why does Tor not too use or support UDP? I know its stateless in nature ( could error handling be handled but Tor ), but the point im trying to make is, and I know you all know, with UDP there will be less overhead and to my

Re: 25 tbreg relays in directory

2009-04-30 Thread Andrew Lewman
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:14:35 -0500 (CDT) Scott Bennett benn...@cs.niu.edu wrote: Those methods are all very nice, but do not address the clients' security problems. Warm and fuzzy feelings that tor node operators, who often do *not* put contact information into their torrc files, Yes,

Re: 25 tbreg relays in directory

2009-04-30 Thread Andrew Lewman
On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:57:17 -0500 (CDT) Scott Bennett benn...@cs.niu.edu wrote: In general, these options seem a fine way to partition the tor network. Possibly more so for new releases and arbitraging the time during which clients and relays upgrade. Tor clients already don't trust the relays.