[tor-bugs] #6888 [Tor Hidden Services]: Disable guard nodes with Tor2web mode

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#6888: Disable guard nodes with Tor2web mode
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    Reporter:  nickm                |       Owner:                    
        Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  reopened          
    Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
   Component:  Tor Hidden Services  |     Version:                    
  Resolution:                       |    Keywords:                    
      Parent:                       |      Points:                    
Actualpoints:                       |  
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Changes (by rransom):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 The comment Mike added explaining why tor2web mode disables UseEntryGuards
 is bogus.
  * A tor2web-mode client does not build (client-side) introduction
 circuits to its entry guards -- introduction points are chosen by the
 hidden service, and tor2web mode connects to them directly when possible.
  * tor2web-mode clients are expected to have '''no''' privacy.  The only
 reason they do not act as relays and use themselves as rendezvous points
 is that that would have been too hard to implement.  Worrying about a
 client being fingerprinted as using tor2web mode is totally silly.

 See my bug6888b branch for a comment-fix patch.

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