> This has probably been addressed before but why isn't the MyFamily value just > a single, unique ID?
There is a proposal to have some way of doing that in the future, but that proposal isn't implemented https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/torspec/-/blob/main/proposals/321-happy-families.md . It's not as easy as having a unique ID, you need to make sure a relay can't spoof being part of a family, that's why it requires a two way relationship for now, and will probably use some form of signature in the future. > What do you do when you have 50 relays and want to add or remove a relay? You > must modify 50 torrc files and restart all 50 relays? That seems tedious and > unnecessary. Sadly, yes it is. You can reload the relays instead of restarting them, which is somewhat better but still not great. On thing that can help is using the %include feature of torrc to have your MyFamily line in a distinct file you can easily copy around. That's not great, but still easier/safer than editing a configuration file automatically. regards, trinity-1686a On Mon, 15 May 2023 at 11:22, Matt Palmer <mpal...@hezmatt.org> wrote: > > 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 be simpler (and more logical) to add the > > unique MyFamily "Smith" to each torrc file than listing all fingerprints? > > I believe the reason for the current setup is to prevent randos from adding > themselves to your family of relays, and then causing problems. > > - Matt > > _______________________________________________ > 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
