Re: [tor-talk] <<EntryGuards>>

[Paul Syverson <syverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 06:13:09PM +0300, Zaher F. wrote:
> 
> if u make a look here : http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/
> 
> 
> u will see some nodes are mentioned as Guard and some not...
> 
> 
> so i am talking about those Guard ones to making them as entry nodes...
> 

Yes. When your Tor software picks three guards, it picks them
from the ones that are labeled as Guard. If you mean why are
some labeled and some not, there is an attempt to pick nodes
that are neither too flaky nor too slow to be relied on regularly
as guards. See more details at.
https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/dir-spec.txt

-Paul

> 
> thx
> 
> > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:49:47 -0400
> > From: syverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: tor-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [tor-talk] <<EntryGuards>>
> > 
> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 02:39:12PM +0300, Zaher F. wrote:
> > > 
> > > hello friends...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I was reading about Node Guards here :
> > > https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#EntryGuards
> > > 
> > > 
> > > SO Entry Guards can limit or stop the attacker from the document above...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > But i still have some inquires:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > how to get the entry guards???
> > 
> > Guards are chosen automatically. You don't need to do anything but run
> > Tor. (I'm assuming you don't need to use a bridge to get to the Tor
> > network. https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges.html.en )
> > 
> > > and to set an entry guard does it mean to use always the same entry
> > > node each time i want to connect to ToR????
> > 
> > Relying on one is generally too unpredictable.  Your Tor software
> > randomly chooses a default set of three entry guards which are used
> > for each of your circuits. These are used as long as everything
> > remains basically stable and the same. Over time, some may be
> > gradually replaced for various reasons.
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thx.....
> > 
> > HTH,
> > Paul
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