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[tor-bugs] #3529 [Tor Relay]: Needless Torrc Entries in Bridge Spec
#3529: Needless Torrc Entries in Bridge Spec
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Reporter: atagar | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: Tor Relay | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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The bridge spec [1] suggests that bridges have both...
BridgeRelay 1
PublishServerDescriptor bridge
in their torrc. The second is pointless and, according to Roger and
Robert, this spec is kinda obsolete:
18:41 < atagar> The 'BridgeRelay 1' and 'PublishServerDescriptor bridge'
seems kinda redundant. The bridge spec says to use both but the man page
entry for 'BridgeRelay' says...
18:41 < atagar> 'It mainly causes Tor to publish a server descriptor to
the bridge database, rather than publishing a relay descriptor to the
public directory authorities.'
18:41 < atagar> Is the former just an alias for the second? Is there a
reason we suggest that both are used?
18:44 < rransom__> atagar: Use 'BridgeRelay 1'.
18:45 < rransom__> 'PublishServerDescriptor bridge' doesn't make a relay
answer directory requests.
18:52 < atagar> thanks - we should change that in the spec
18:52 * atagar will submit a ticket when he's on a connection that
doesn't have 40-second-per-character latency
21:57 < armadev> atagar: the bridge spec is not what you should look at to
decide how to configure your bridge. it's obsolete in that respect.
21:57 < armadev> for example, you don't need to touch
publishserverdescriptor. it will automatically do the right thing.
22:38 < atagar> armadev: you still want to set it to zero for a private
bridge, right?
22:39 < rransom__> Yes.
22:40 < atagar> 'not what you should look at to decide how to configure
your bridge' -> What is? Is the torrc setup for bridges in an faq? (after
a quick search it seemed like the spec was the best description we had)
22:41 < rransom__> bridge-spec.txt is obsolete.
22:42 < atagar> we should lable it as such, then
22:42 < rransom__> https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges is about how to
configure a bridge.
We should correct the spec, label it as being obsolete, or remove it to
avoid future confusion.
[1] https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git?a=blob_plain;hb=HEAD;f
=bridges-spec.txt
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