}
if (options->Tor2webMode && options->UseEntryGuards) {
- /* Tor2WebMode is incompatible with EntryGuards in two ways:
- *
- * - Tor2WebMode uses its guard nodes as rend and intro points.
- * This makes tor2web users fingerprintable by their continued
- * selection of the same 3 nodes for these circuits (their guard
- * nodes).
- *
- * - Tor2WebMode makes unexpected use of circuit path lengths
- * in ways that prevent us from applying the PathBias defense.
+ /* tor2web mode clients do not (and should not) use entry guards
+ * in any meaningful way. Further, tor2web mode causes the hidden
+ * service client code to do things which break the path bias
+ * detector, and it's far easier to turn off entry guards (and
+ * thus the path bias detector with it) than to figure out how to
+ * make a piece of code which cannot possibly help tor2web mode
+ * users compatible with tor2web mode.
*/
log_notice(LD_CONFIG,
"Tor2WebMode is enabled; disabling UseEntryGuards.");