[tor-bugs] #2798 [Tor Client]: Add country code and address set pattern support to EntryNodes

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#2798: Add country code and address set pattern support to EntryNodes
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 Reporter:  nickm        |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Client   |        Version:                    
 Keywords:               |         Parent:                    
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                    
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 Right now, Tor only lets you specify EntryNodes verbatim: you can say "I
 want my entry nodes to be $12345 and FriendlyNode1", but you can't say "I
 want my entry nodes to be in {de} and {gb} and 18.0.0.0/8."

 This limitation exists because of how Tor implements EntryNodes: it set
 your guard nodes equal to the set of all members of EntryNodes.  This make
 sense if EntryNodes is a pure list of nodes, but when it contains stuff
 like {de} and {gb}, that probably isn't what you want.  Instead, you want
 your guard nodes to be selected from among the set of EntryNodes.

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