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-rw-r--r--src/core/or/policies.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/or/policies.c b/src/core/or/policies.c
index 5413ad0eb5..61d3a90ff4 100644
--- a/src/core/or/policies.c
+++ b/src/core/or/policies.c
@@ -1155,6 +1155,17 @@ validate_addr_policies(const or_options_t *options, char **msg)
REJECT("Error in ExitPolicy entry.");
}
+ static int warned_about_nonexit = 0;
+
+ if (!warned_about_nonexit && options->ExitPolicy == NULL &&
+ options->ExitRelay == -1 && options->ReducedExitPolicy == 0) {
+ warned_about_nonexit = 1;
+ log_notice(LD_CONFIG, "By default, Tor does not run as an exit relay. "
+ "The reason is to prevent your relay from appearing as the "
+ "source of abusive traffic. If you want to be an exit relay, "
+ "set ExitRelay to 1.");
+ }
+
/* The rest of these calls *append* to addr_policy. So don't actually
* use the results for anything other than checking if they parse! */
if (parse_addr_policy(options->DirPolicy, &addr_policy, -1))