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