When is the 'MyFamily' setting unnecessary?

[tor_ml]

On 09/12/2010 02:11 PM, Sebastian Hahn wrote:
>
> On Sep 12, 2010, at 1:24 PM, tor_ml wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm curious in which cases tor would _never_ use certain nodes to
>> create one circuit and therefore makes the 'MyFamily' setting
>> unnecessary.
>>
>> I heard only of one "rule" (I guess on this list but I'm not sure):
>> - tor would not use nodes within the same /16 network to create a circuit
>>
>> are there more such rules?
>
> There currently aren't.
>
> Even if all the nodes you run are in the same /16 it is considered
> polite to set MyFamily though, to make the link of owners explicit.

If it is technically not necessary, because tor would never use certain 
nodes in one circuit. I would understand people running >20 nodes that 
do not use 'MyFamily'.

If there are certain rules I would stop asking people to set MyFamily if 
one of these rules apply in the concrete scenario.

So there are no rules beside the "/16 network" - rule?
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