[tor-talk] Why does parameter "StrictExitNodes" exist?

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On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 4:19 AM -0800, "blobby at openmailbox.org" <blobby at openmailbox.org<mailto:blobby at openmailbox.org>> wrote:

On 2016-03-11 00:11, Roger Dingledine wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 02:39:20PM -0800, Green Dream wrote:
>> By default (i.e., StrictNodes is false) Tor will bypass your declared
>> ExitNodes if it needs to do so in order for traffic to reach its
>> destination. Imagine the scenario where all the exit nodes in your
>> ExitNodes criteria have strict exit policy and they have no way to
>> route
>> your traffic to its destination. With StrictNodes set to True, Tor
>> won't
>> ever look for another exit, and this traffic won't be routable.
>>
>> Going from memory, don't quote me. ;-)
>
> No, this is wrong. StrictNodes has no effect on ExitNodes.
>
> This is maybe a better description than the previous one I tried:
> https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ReleaseNotes?id=tor-0.2.2.32#n124
>
> --Roger

AIUI:

StrictNodes 1
ExitNodes {us}
ExitNodes BigSexyBanana

Yes?
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