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

Is there a security problem with turning a middle relay, whose ip address is known, into a bridge? TIA, --Torix Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torpr

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

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] Reconfiguring a middle relay as a bridge

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? > It depends on why you make this change. I did it a few weeks ago because one of my nodes was on a server hosting several

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

Thanks, Matt - that was what I suddenly realized as I planned to rebuild the relay: I wasn't changing the now public ip address. --Torix Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, September 30, 2020 4:06 AM, Matt Palmer wrote: > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at