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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2017-12-20 11:10:14 -0500
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2018-01-11 12:33:30 -0500
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Note contactinfo and myfamily as required in more places
Includes a sentence from cypherpunks; for ticket 24526.
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@@ -1720,7 +1720,12 @@ is non-zero):
descriptors containing these lines and that Google indexes them, so
spammers might also collect them. You may want to obscure the fact
that it's an email address and/or generate a new address for this
- purpose.
+ purpose. +
+ +
+ ContactInfo **must** be set to a working address if you run more than one
+ relay or bridge. (Really, everybody running a relay or bridge should set
+ it.)
+
[[ExitRelay]] **ExitRelay** **0**|**1**|**auto**::
Tells Tor whether to run as an exit relay. If Tor is running as a
@@ -1948,7 +1953,11 @@ is non-zero):
compromise its concealment. +
+
When listing a node, it's better to list it by fingerprint than by
- nickname: fingerprints are more reliable.
+ nickname: fingerprints are more reliable. +
+ +
+ MyFamily **must** be set correctly if you run more than one relay or
+ bridge. (That is, every relay should list all the others as described
+ above.)
[[Nickname]] **Nickname** __name__::
Set the server's nickname to \'name'. Nicknames must be between 1 and 19