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Re: [Political/Legal] Passing ideas on German Tor nodes



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F. Fox wrote:
> However, let's suppose that we're in a time when German Tor nodes are
> now actively keeping logs of all connections. What would be the best way to:

As I already said in an earlier posting, German Tor nodes won't be
starting logging before 1/1/2009 - if they'll log at all - there's still
a pending lawsuit against the data retention law in the supreme court.

And I bet that there will be a lot civil disobedience when it comes to
logging.

> [... idea ...]
> So, what if a maximum of one German Tor node were allowed in a circuit?
> Would that achieve both numbered goals?

If that's the idea, than it should only be the middleman node.
Entry-node might be possible too, but only if you make sure that this
node is the only German node in the circuit.

> Given the logging, it might be wise to not allow the German node to be
> the exit node; I'm not sure about the entry guard.

Considering the pressure which piled up in the last couple of months in
Germany, running an exit-node in Germany is not encouraged anyway.

> I would think that a German middleman node would be safe, though, right?

If it's the only German node in the circuit: Possibly.

Alex.

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