On 28. Jul 2017, at 18:45, Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. igrover@aileronit.com wrote:
Good morning,
Since the Nickname option is merely cosmetic, we can safely reuse an expired Tor exit node's nickname on a new Tor exit node with no adverse side effects on directories, metrics sites, or the network as a whole?
Yes.
Fingerprint is important, name doesnt really matter.
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-----Original Message----- From: tor-relays [mailto:tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org] On Behalf Of teor Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 6:39 PM To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Best practices to move a Tor node?
On 27 Jul 2017, at 23:10, niftybunny abuse@to-surf-and-protect.net wrote: ...
On 27. Jul 2017, at 15:07, Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. igrover@aileronit.com wrote:
Good morning from Wisconsin,
What are the best practices with regards to moving a Tor node to a new server in a different country? Is it as simple as securely transferring files to the new server and restarting the Tor service
Yes :)
You can also delete the old keys and start a new relay.
It's more secure, better for network load balancing, and easier to get it right.
Your new VPS likely has different network performance to your old VPS, and transferring the keys transfers the old performance measurements. It's better for clients that performance measurements are accurate, even if it takes some time for your new relay to be measured.
See this thread for more details: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2016-September/010229.html
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