On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:36:55 +0200 tagnaq <tagnaq@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I don't know if this is already done but it just came into my mind when > writing something to sync MyFamily settings throughout multiple nodes: > > To avoid frequent reloads of many Tor instances, one could pre-emptively > create keys (lets say keys for 30 nodes) and build a MyFamily set for it. > As you add nodes use this MyFamily set although not all 30 keys are in > use yet. This way one would not have to touch running instances when > adding new ones. > > From a security point of view this is probably quite a bad thing, but > does someone already do that? If you handle the secret keys sensibly, it won't harm security, but the extra (not-yet-in-use) MyFamily entries will take up more space in your relay descriptor than necessary, and thus use more of the Tor network's bandwidth than necessary. Robert Ransom
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