Re: Is "gatereloaded" a Bad Exit?

[Jan Weiher <jan@xxxxxxxx>]

Am 29.01.2011 21:27, schrieb Gitano:
> On 2011-01-29 19:46, Jan Weiher wrote:
> 
>> while scrolling through the tor status page (torstatus.blutmagie.de), I
>> stumpled upon the following node (the reason why it came to my eye was
>> the long uptime):
>>
>> gatereloaded 550C C972 4FA7 7C7F 9260 B939 89D2 2A70 654D 3B92
>>
>> This node looks suspicious to me, because there is no contact info given
>> and the exit policy allows only unencrypted traffic:
>>
>> reject 0.0.0.0/8:*
>> reject 169.254.0.0/16:*
>> reject 127.0.0.0/8:*
>> reject 192.168.0.0/16:*
>> reject 10.0.0.0/8:*
>> reject 172.16.0.0/12:*
>> reject 194.154.227.109:*
>> accept *:21
>> accept *:80
>> accept *:110
>> accept *:143
>> reject *:*
>>
>> Am I missing something? I'm wondering why the status page lists this
>> node as non-exit, because it clearly allows outgoing traffic on ports
>> 21,80,110 and 143?
> 
> See:
> 'https://gitweb.torproject.org/arma/tor.git/blob_plain/03b9c2cb903cc59f83139039d963f1fdea99b83a:/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt'
> 
>    "Exit" -- A router is called an 'Exit' iff it allows exits to at
>     least two of the ports 80, 443, and 6667 and allows exits to at
>     least one /8 address space.
> 
> Also: http://www.mail-archive.com/or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg10275.html

this explains why the status page does not list the node as an exit
node. thanks.
But as far as I understand, the node does not get the "Exit"-Flag, but
it is still used for outgoing traffic on the accepted ports? So the
"main"-question is still unanswered.

best regars,
Jan
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