Re: [tor-dev] Proposal 334: A flag to mark Relays as middle-only

2021-09-07 Thread Neel Chauhan
Hi, I have an updated proposal which addresses your concerns, along with David Goulet's comments on GitLab. On 2021-09-07 12:47, s7r wrote: Hi Neel, Please add a "MOTIVATION" section and explain in detail why is this needed for the network/heath team and how will it improve things? Also

[tor-dev] Proposal 334: A flag to mark Relays as middle-only

2021-09-07 Thread Neel Chauhan
Hi, As asked in the torspec MR [1] (42) for ticket [2] (40448), I propose a MiddleOnly dirauth flag for relays. The proposal, #334, is attached to this email, and is titled "A dirauth flag to mark Relays as Middle-only". Please comment and review it. Best, Neel Chauhan === Links: [1]

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal 334: A flag to mark Relays as middle-only

2021-09-07 Thread s7r
Neel Chauhan wrote: Hi, As asked in the torspec MR [1] (42) for ticket [2] (40448), I propose a MiddleOnly dirauth flag for relays. The proposal, #334, is attached to this email, and is titled "A dirauth flag to mark Relays as Middle-only". Please comment and review it. Best, Neel

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal 334: A flag to mark Relays as middle-only

2021-09-07 Thread s7r
Neel Chauhan wrote: I believe it shouldn't affect these scenarios, but have mentioned we should look out for them. P.S. Rendezvous point is NOT a less powerful position (at least from an onion service server/operator point of view), unless you are using vanguards plugin by Mike with

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal 334: A flag to mark Relays as middle-only

2021-09-07 Thread Ian Goldberg
On Tue, Sep 07, 2021 at 11:22:30AM -0700, Neel Chauhan wrote: > 3. Implementation details > > The MiddleOnly flag can be assigned to relays whose IP addresses are > configured at the directory authority level, similar to how the BadExit flag > currently works. In short, if a relay's IP is