Okay, then I have another question about MyFamily. Is the only correct format MyFamily fingerprint1,fingerprint2,fingerprint3 or can I put in: MyFamily #relay 1 fingerprint1 #relay 2 fingerprint2 #relay 3 fingerprint3
I end up with a file in the second format so I know which fingerprint is which, but then creating the comma separated one line format to put in the relays. --Torix ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Monday, July 26th, 2021 at 6:41 AM, Roger Dingledine <a...@torproject.org> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 08:36:20AM -0500, Kathi wrote: > > > I'm running three relays. Is it necessary to list all three relays in > > > > my family on each relay? > > Yes, please do list them all. > > The first reason is that it helps clients make safe routing decisions: > > by signaling to the clients that these relays are all controlled by you, > > Tor clients can make sure not to use more than one of your relays in any > > of the paths they build. > > The second reason is actually for your safety: if you are signaling to > > clients to avoid using more than one of your relays in their paths, then > > the temptation is lower for somebody to come hassle you into revealing > > data and/or watch your network connection. > > And the third reason is to help everybody know which relays are really > > yours. We've had some problems over the past year with jerks trying to > > run harmful relays, and one of their tricks to stay hard to notice has > > been to find groups of relays that look like a family but that haven't > > set up their MyFamily lines properly, and try to blend in with those. So > > if you run three relays but don't set your MyFamily properly, we can't > > tell the difference between that and "you run two relays and some jerk > > is trying to blend their relay into your two". > > Thanks for running relays! > > (Oh. As Roman says in the other reply, technically there's no need to > > list yourself in your MyFamily line. That is, every relay is implicitly > > already in its own family. But for logistical reasons, it's probably > > easier to just use the same MyFamily line for all three relays.) > > --Roger > > tor-relays mailing list > > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays