Re: Error message?

[Roger Dingledine <arma@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 02:11:32AM -0800, Bob wrote:
> Here's another one that I don't get all the time, but every once in a while:
> 
> "Nov 15 01:54:08.734 [warn] options_validate(): You have used DirServer to
> specify directory authorities in your configuration.  This is potentially
> dangerous: it can make you look different from all other Tor users, and hurt
> your anonymity.  Even if you've specified the same authorities as Tor uses
> by default, the defaults could change in the future.  Be sure you know what
> you're doing."
> 
> But I'm not specifying directory authorities in my torrc file - don't even

I managed to recreate this for myself, and fixed it (I think ;).

http://archives.seul.org/or/cvs/Nov-2005/msg00123.html

Thanks for letting us know.
--Roger