Aren't exit node names supposed to be unique?

[Anthony DiPierro]

On 5/24/06, Roger Dingledine <arma at mit.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 07:28:37AM -0400, Anthony DiPierro wrote:
> > It would seem to me that exit node names should be unique, in part in
> > order for ExcludeNodes to work.  But a recent download of the list
> > showed the following (just the two relevant lines):
> >
> > US godzilla                3635 B/s 68.42.126.128   MICHIGAN-3
> >          22   53   80  110    -  143  443 5190 6667
> >
> > NO godzilla               25600 B/s 80.203.228.236  NEXTGENTEL-NO
> >          22   53   80  110    -  143  443 5190 6667
> >
> > Does this mean that these two nodes have the same owner/key/etc?  Or
> > is it a bug?  Or maybe something else?
>
> They have the same nickname, but different keys/owners/etc. As of
> Tor 0.1.0.x, nicknames are no longer unique.
>
> This is the whole point of "binding" your nickname to your key via
> the directory authorities:
> http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#CanIJustConfigureAndRun
>
> If you use an unnamed nickname (one not already bound by the directory
> authorities to a particular key) in ExcludeNodes, etc, Tor will warn
> you that you're ambiguous. You should specify it by key, e.g.
> "$FF8845046DB449DA989B025AEA1D10E19E709166" for the one in Norway.
>
> --Roger
>
http://www.yahoo.com.$FF8845046DB449DA989B025AEA1D10E19E709166.exit/
works too.  Cool.

And Geoff, thanks for the response.

Anthony