On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Roger Dingledine <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 05:29:12PM +0000, Runa A. Sandvik wrote: >> >> A bridge should not specify the ?MyFamily? option. You won't run a >> >> middle relay or an exit relay in the cloud, so this shouldn't be an >> >> issue. >> > >> > As far as I understand, this is correct if you only run bridges (because >> > a circuit never uses two bridges), but what if someone (like me) runs a >> > bridge and a normal relay as well? IMHO you don't want to use a relay >> > which is operated by the same operator as your bridge? Please correct >> > me, if I'm wrong. >> >> Yes, you should set the MyFamily option in the Tor configuration file >> if you run both a bridge and a relay. > > No, this is dangerous: if you list your bridge as part of your family in > the relay descriptor, then everybody can learn your bridge fingerprint, > and they can look up your bridge's descriptor (and thus location) at > the bridge directory authority.
Ah, thanks for correcting me. Maybe we should update the Tor manual to point out that this option is for relays only, and not bridges? -- Runa A. Sandvik _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
