> On 28. Jul 2017, at 18:45, Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Good morning,
> 
> Since the Nickname option is merely cosmetic, we can safely reuse an expired 
> Tor exit node's nickname on a new Tor exit node with no adverse side effects 
> on directories, metrics sites, or the network as a whole?
> 

Yes.

Fingerprint is important, name doesnt really matter.

> Make your day great,
> Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tor-relays [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
> Of teor
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 6:39 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Best practices to move a Tor node?
> 
> 
>> On 27 Jul 2017, at 23:10, niftybunny <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ...
>>> On 27. Jul 2017, at 15:07, Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Good morning from Wisconsin,
>>> 
>>> What are the best practices with regards to moving a Tor node to a 
>>> new server in a different country? Is it as simple as securely 
>>> transferring files to the new server and restarting the Tor service
>> 
>> Yes :)
> 
> You can also delete the old keys and start a new relay.
> 
> It's more secure, better for network load balancing, and easier to get it 
> right.
> 
> Your new VPS likely has different network performance to your old VPS, and 
> transferring the keys transfers the old performance measurements. It's better 
> for clients that performance measurements are accurate, even if it takes some 
> time for your new relay to be measured.
> 
> See this thread for more details:
> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2016-September/010229.html
> 
> T
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