Hi Sebastian, On 1/10/12 1:10 PM, Sebastian Urbach wrote: > Could all authority admins on this list please consider signing my new > installed authority system. Just got 1 sig and i need at least 4 more to > help with the service.
Thanks for offering to run a Tor directory authority. I'm quoting Roger here who responded to previous offers made by other people: On 10/30/11 4:36 AM, Roger Dingledine wrote: > Thanks for your interest! > > The set of directory authorities is chosen not just for reliability > but also for community trust. A majority of the directory authorities > declare what relays are in the network: > https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/doc/v3-authority-howto.txt > https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#KeyManagement > so that means a) we need to know them and trust them, and b) the rest > of the Tor community needs to know them and trust them too. > > I'm sure you're a nice guy, but you could be the adversary trying to > add an evil directory authority. > > The best way to fix all of these issues is to join the development > community and get involved. You can find us on irc at #tor and #tor-dev > on irc.oftc.net. We also meet in person at various conferences throughout > the year, such as the upcoming 28c3 congress in Berlin. > > In the mean time, don't be disappointed. Being a "normal" relay is really > valuable to the network. We don't actually need that many directory > authorities to run the network successfully. Right now we have only 8, > and things are working well enough. You'll have to replace "28c3" with "29c3" in that reply, but other than that the reply should still be valid. Best, Karsten _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
