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Re: Do not use exitnode xyz



new feature idea.I'll get on to it

On 3/3/06, Josh <huber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "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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