[tor-relays] My Family

[torix]

Okay, then I have another question about MyFamily.  Is the only correct format
MyFamily fingerprint1,fingerprint2,fingerprint3
or can I put in:
MyFamily
#relay 1
fingerprint1
#relay 2
fingerprint2
#relay 3
fingerprint3

I end up with a file in the second format so I know which fingerprint is which, but then creating the comma separated one line format to put in the relays.

--Torix

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On Monday, July 26th, 2021 at 6:41 AM, Roger Dingledine <arma at torproject.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 08:36:20AM -0500, Kathi wrote:
>
> > I'm running three relays. Is it necessary to list all three relays in
> >
> >   my family on each relay?
>
> Yes, please do list them all.
>
> The first reason is that it helps clients make safe routing decisions:
>
> by signaling to the clients that these relays are all controlled by you,
>
> Tor clients can make sure not to use more than one of your relays in any
>
> of the paths they build.
>
> The second reason is actually for your safety: if you are signaling to
>
> clients to avoid using more than one of your relays in their paths, then
>
> the temptation is lower for somebody to come hassle you into revealing
>
> data and/or watch your network connection.
>
> And the third reason is to help everybody know which relays are really
>
> yours. We've had some problems over the past year with jerks trying to
>
> run harmful relays, and one of their tricks to stay hard to notice has
>
> been to find groups of relays that look like a family but that haven't
>
> set up their MyFamily lines properly, and try to blend in with those. So
>
> if you run three relays but don't set your MyFamily properly, we can't
>
> tell the difference between that and "you run two relays and some jerk
>
> is trying to blend their relay into your two".
>
> Thanks for running relays!
>
> (Oh. As Roman says in the other reply, technically there's no need to
>
> list yourself in your MyFamily line. That is, every relay is implicitly
>
> already in its own family. But for logistical reasons, it's probably
>
> easier to just use the same MyFamily line for all three relays.)
>
> --Roger
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