[tor-relays] dns name

teor teor2345 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 20 21:47:22 UTC 2018


> On 21 Feb 2018, at 07:05, TorGate <torgate at linux-hus.dk> wrote:
> 
> Hi onion friends :-)
> i have 2 relays, configured with ipv4 adresses.
> I have write to my isp and asked: can you change the ripe data ?
> isp: no 
> my: ok :-( , i can also not change the reverse dnsname
> 
> 1. So the question: is that a god way to change the config from IP-adress to dnsname in the torrc.

You can use a dns name with the Address option, but it gets looked up, and the
IPv4 address is used as your relay's address in the consensus.

> 2. Can i also set the hostname manualy ? On Atlas is that my isp.

No, that hostname is a reverse lookup from the IPv6 address in the consensus.

> So when there is coming a abuse, all contact is going first to my isp, and not to me.
> 
> 3. Is that ok when i change the exit-html expl. with my email and business adress

Yes.

T


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