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by Torgo 4230 days ago
Can you explain this? bridge relays are setup using "PublishServerDescriptor 0" but exit nodes? How does that work?
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https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2011-Augus...

If you just config it with PublishServerDescriptor as 0 and someone else knows the IP (middle relays) they will be able to use it.

It's essentially a function of not announcing the node to anyone.

Edit: And to be clear, priv exit nodes don't prevent the timing attack in the article.