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Re: Do not use exitnode xyz

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Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 09:40:40 -0500
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"Martin Balvers" <m.balvers@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Just put your own server as an entry node. This should increase
> security, and you will never use your own server as an exit
> node.

Hm, interesting idea.  Intuitively, this makes sence, since you
probably can trust your own node a bit more than other nodes on
the tornet.

Are there any downsides to doing this?  I can't think of any, but
I'm not well-versed in the tor routing details.

Josh

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