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Re: [tor-bugs] #9208 [Core Tor/Tor]: Allow node operator to avoid Guard flag
#9208: Allow node operator to avoid Guard flag
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Reporter: cypherpunks | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status:
| needs_information
Priority: Medium | Milestone: Tor:
| unspecified
Component: Core Tor/Tor | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: guard tor-relay needs-proposal | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Comment (by arma):
Reason (2) is not actually an issue, since our current consensus weighting
algorithms have clients avoid using guardexits as guards, since they know
everybody else will already be using them as exits.
Reason (1) has some merit to it though. I would be kind of sad to give up
on that, since some folks might opt out of being a guard when otherwise
they wouldn't, and diversity of guards is really important to Tor's
security. But maybe we should do it anyway, on the theory that Tor is
about giving people choice, and taking away some choices from relays works
against that principle.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9208#comment:8>
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