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Re: [tor-relays] "Potentially dangerous relay groups"

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 7:08 AM, grarpamp <grarpamp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 6:24 AM, Chad MILLER <chad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Why isn't MyFamily a family name, instead of a list of members? I see no
> downside to having an unauthenticated

Because anyone can assert the string and
shared strings can't cross certify each other.

So? A relay can always have behaved badly. What's the harm in you fraudulently claiming to be in family com.example.chadmiller ? A user's path won't have passed through both you and me, but you could have prevented traffic from passing through you any time. At worst, you get to participate in a user's path and exclude me from participating. That's no worse than you setting your machine on fire and me participating.
 
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Chad Miller    chad.org    gpg:FE9782A4C4F1ACBB
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