[tor-relays] Using ContactInfo to publish additional relay properties in a standardized way (opt-in)

[Scott Bennett]

"Iain R. Learmonth" <irl at torproject.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 14/10/17 23:01, nusenu wrote a proposal.
>
> The ContactInfo field doesn't need to be overloaded again. ):
>
> See proposal 234 [0] for adding bitcoin/zcash/etc addresses.
>
> Maybe we can work out new fields for extrainfo documents [1] that could
> contain some of this information.

     ExtraInfo documents are also one possibility for communicating
OutboundBindAddress values, as well.
>
> I do think this is a useful thing to look at, but I just don't think
> that ContactInfo is the right way to go about it.

     I concur.
>
> [0]:
> https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/234-remittance-addresses.txt
> [1]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/dir-spec.txt#n799
>


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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