Re: even simpler solution [was: Re: script to magically restart tor [was: Re: disappearing nodes]]

[Adam Shostack <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 12:49:17AM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote:
| On Thu, 07 Apr 2005, ssc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
| 
| > On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 06:12:08PM -0400, Nick Mathewson wrote:
| > > On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 09:34:11PM +0200, ssc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
| > > > until tor;do true;done
| > > 
| > > Watch out!  In the past, people doing things like this have wound up
| > > hosing the Tor network pretty badly: Suppose that, for some reason,
| > > your configuration becomes broken or your software becomes obsolete.
| > > Suppose that this brokenness or obsolescence is only apparent after
| > > your software has connected to another Tor server.  If this happens,
| > > then the tight loop you give above will create a tool that hammers the
| > > Tor network in a tight loop---and hopefully, that's not what you
| > > intended.
| > 
| > Well, an obsolete tor exits with 0,
| > so the loop breaks.
| 
| I'ld still like to see a sleep 900 in this loop - just in case.

Exiting 0 has often meant "normal."  So I could see a change to exit
status to a different value, which would make a sleep 900 a fine plan.

Adam