1 Filename: 150-exclude-exit-nodes.txt
2 Title: Exclude Exit Nodes from a circuit
7 Implemented-In: 0.2.1.3-alpha
11 Right now, Tor users can manually exclude a node from all positions
12 in their circuits created using the directive ExcludeNodes.
13 This proposal makes this exclusion less restrictive, allowing users to
14 exclude a node only from the exit part of a circuit.
18 This feature would Help the integration into vidalia (tor exit
19 branch) or other tools, of features to exclude a country for exit
20 without reducing circuits possibilities, and privacy. This feature
21 could help people from a country were many sites are blocked to
22 exclude this country for browsing, giving them a more stable
23 navigation. It could also add the possibility for the user to
24 exclude a currently used exit node.
28 ExcludeExitNodes is similar to ExcludeNodes except it's only
29 the exit node which is excluded for circuit build.
31 Tor doesn't warn if node from this list is not an exit node.
33 Security implications:
35 Open also possibilities for a future user bad exit reporting
39 Use of this option can make users partitionable under certain attack
40 assumptions. However, ExitNodes already creates this possibility,
41 so there isn't much increased risk in ExcludeExitNodes.
43 We should still encourage people who exclude an exit node because
44 of bad behavior to report it instead of just adding it to their
45 ExcludeExit list. It would be unfortunate if we didn't find out
46 about broken exits because of this option. This issue can probably
47 be addressed sufficiently with documentation.