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authorPatrick R McDonald <marlowe@antagonism.org>2013-03-25 17:31:16 -0500
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2013-03-27 21:56:42 -0400
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First try on ticket 8590
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that they are in the same \'family', Tor clients will not use them in the
same circuit. (Each server only needs to list the other servers in its
family; it doesn't need to list itself, but it won't hurt.) Do not list
- any bridge relay as it would compromise its concealment.
+ any bridge relay as it would compromise its concealment. When listing a
+ node, it is preferable to do so as a fingerprint as opposed to a nickname
+ as fingerprints are a more reliable mechanism for identifying a node.
**Nickname** __name__::
Set the server's nickname to \'name'. Nicknames must be between 1 and 19