On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Philipp Winter <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 10:57:18PM -0400, Soul Plane wrote: > > Last night I noticed my relay path was using two PPTOR relays. I don't > > know much about Tor but from what I've read I thought servers that are > > related are supposed to identify themselves as such. Just because two > > servers have similar names does not mean they are related though. Are > > those servers all run by the same person? Is there a way to tell if > > they are? Is that unusual or not? Thanks > > Tor's MyFamily option is used to announce that a set of relays is run by > the same operator. Sometimes, relay operators fail to configure the > option which could explain what you witnessed. > > At first glance, it looks like the PPTOR family correctly set the > MyFamily option (using fingerprints and nicknames). See for example: > < > https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/0C45FAE12326D376997F8A233A402A6B5BB25404 > > > > Among these relays, do you know which ones were part of your circuit? > Yes: First hop: PPTOR0006 (Online) Location: Netherlands IP Address: 5.79.71.195 Bandwidth: 11.72 MB/s Uptime: 6 hours 49 mins 45 secs Last Updated: 2014-07-05 20:12:49 GMT Second hop: PPTOR0014 (Online) Location: Germany IP Address: 217.114.218.18 Bandwidth: 22.95 MB/s Uptime: 17 hours 27 mins 56 secs Last Updated: 2014-07-05 09:34:38 GMT I see both on the family list. I am using Tails 1.0.1 CD and it uses Tor version 0.2.4.22 (git-255243866bbf9365). Thanks -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
