Re: [tor-relays] MyFamily

2023-05-15 Thread Matt Palmer
On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 10:18:29AM -0400, denny.obre...@a-n-o-n-y-m-e.net wrote: > trinity pointard wrote .. > > For an easy example, let's imagine that we let any relay put itself > > into any family. Now suppose the attacker starts three relays A1, A2, > > and A3. Then, since nothing stops the

Re: [tor-relays] MyFamily

2023-05-15 Thread Matt Palmer
On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 12:55:17PM -0400, denny.obre...@a-n-o-n-y-m-e.net wrote: > This has probably been addressed before but why isn't the MyFamily value > just a single, unique ID? > > If I have the relays with the fingerprints "John", "Jane", and "Alice" and > I want to add "Bob", wouldn't it

Re: [tor-relays] Reconfiguring a middle relay as a bridge

2020-09-30 Thread Matt Palmer
On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 02:47:30PM +, to...@protonmail.com wrote: > Is there a security problem with turning a middle relay, whose ip address is > known, into a bridge? Depends on how you define "security problem". It's could certainly be problematic for a Tor user in a repressive regime to

Re: [tor-relays] Does OVH cloud support exit relays?

2020-05-11 Thread Matt Palmer
On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 11:26:57PM -0700, Keifer Bly wrote: >I am waiting for the “please wait up to 48 hours to activate your >account” and am planning to set up a new tor relay on the vps once it >is running. I am wondering, does anybody on the list know if they allow >exit relays

Re: [tor-relays] DDNS with Relays and/or Bridges?

2019-10-20 Thread Matt Palmer
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 04:57:00PM +, nottryingtobel...@protonmail.com wrote: > Forgive me if this is a dumb or newbie question, but can DDNS be used with > either relays or bridges? No. Bridges and relays are recorded in the directory by IP address, not hostname. - Matt __