-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Nathaniel Dube wrote: > Can someone explain what these router flags mean? Some of them I have a good > guess what they mean but I decided to list them all. > > Authority
One of the "official" network directories, from which all directory mirrors get their stuff. They have "master" keys for signing the directory listings, that clients and mirrors trust. (Don't get me wrong - this is for signing, so no one can make fake directory listings. The master keys don't let them see any network traffic. =:oD ) > Bad Exit These are marked by the directory authorities, for doing "bad" things with traffic exiting the Tor network (sniffing, modifying, injecting code, etc.) > Exit Nodes which can be the last node in a circuit. They take the encrypted traffic from the network, take the last layer of encryption off, and send it toward its final destination. > Guard A node which can be chosen as the first in a circuit, under the default client configuration. A client will pick a few of these and try to stick with them, since this reduces the likelihood of a certain type of attack succeeding (such an attack requires control over both the exit [last] node and/or the destination server, and the first node). > V2Dir A node which has chosen to mirror the network directory. - -- F. Fox AAS, CompTIA A+/Network+/Security+ Owner of Tor node "kitsune" http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBSDZ/0Oj8TXmm2ggwAQghXw/+NEOxUZlk/sPOLveZe1OCdg8GtVSh5m6x j+EwYXAX74zaNra41x9u8Yzmk77iLf6f592Q4Taj+0UOC1TjvxEBEPlexi6tS9w6 XDsBFDApusRkLxyjjv97qVs98WSi0XfXQVktgr3Cat/oyDkRkwT39mUvmLajlURI tYZ6A/qiNuBmWG1/SVXdvCm48uCRNiNoqgnPl/pbmfKrMLyCO8yjPb++E8OdCGat nV6FAsu4XqTLLZxoIXiJXvMC3o52Sy4xxuzFJoWVPbrh0DUhrfvc5/btEDG5GT9O kb2D7OLZW6fqpX9shWBfFT6erur+WN6SAKMqEluQq/Z4NJL4323yEzD4p7KlhGpv z5BZ2OAKBhNTmdjGdSEGh9XzmaRY3/a+tOoMXGMxKsrEH9W5gfBwyXxMbygsdw24 fHDu2qgMg88rmjIEvOUftc8IEEvQLfpS4KgGykW9bKy/qqihu5etrXzrJNvyAEnT bq8bPc73kC9J3P6cxzTPOBZyc1DUhPdOqg6yub98J5++l71C5A/ZTBsZMcJFnEFP oJpIszN9bMJ/8MTkdLYtGnLfc4w5y3YL/ShtE7Ybz3x8tAVsG78KgCiHbXw1OquG DrbXKq4hDB2WAVDr4PHvdsKEnDAEPDdP+TQCU+/WvNA5WK/ipmbOOY2RyY88lqpG um4iWwmAlcs= =LOSv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----