[tor-relays] FallbackDirectoryMirrors selection criteria "uptime"
Martin Kepplinger
martink at posteo.de
Fri Sep 22 13:41:34 UTC 2017
hi,
Fallback directory mirrors [1] seem to be selected (if the need should
arise, according
to release planning and whatnot) with criteria "uptime", among others.
And it's only
this criteria I'm thinking about here:
Now, in the wiki we have advice on how to improve relay security, and
among many,
there is advice to wipe the master key / identity every 1-2 years [2].
Fallback directory mirrors are *selected* based on uptime, and
*expected* to stay up,
of course, for about at least 2 years. This somehow encourages to keep
your identity
forever.
That's a contradiction and it might end up in *not* selecting relays,
whos operators care
a lot about security.
thanks
martin
[1]
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/FallbackDirectoryMirrors
[2]
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorRelaySecurity#Vector1:DeployEphemeralIdentityKeys
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