Using "Authority Servers" (directory authorities) as Entry Nodes?

[Damian Johnson]

No. The directory authorities determine the consensus. They are not capable
of figuring out what relays you've picked from it for your circuits.

I'm kinda confused why you want to use them for your entry nodes. Setting
StrictEntryNodes this way harms your anonymity since you're only making use
of a tiny subset of the tor network for the first hop (most clients pick
among a few guards for their hop, not directory authorities, and anything
that differentiates you from other tor users is bad). -Damian

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:58 AM, judaiko judaiko <siriu81ysw at gmail.com>wrote:

> Nodes: dizum, Tonga, dannenberg, maatuska are identified as being
> "Authority Servers" on https://torstatus.blutmagie.de
>
> I set the following in my torrc file:
>
> EntryNodes dizum, Tonga, dannenberg, maatuska
> StrictEntryNodes 1
>
> Is my anonymity broken as the above nodes are "Authority Servers",
> therefore they can log and identify the flow of traffic, mapping
> destination and sources?
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