#30196: Add the tor version to the sbws bandwidth file header
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Reporter: teor | Owner: (none)
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone: sbws: 1.2.x-final
Component: Core Tor/sbws | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
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Parent ID: | Points: 1
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Comment (by irl):
I can see how in practice this is really useful, but this may not be the
best field to add to the headers. Are we going to add fields for all of
the versions of libraries on the system (e.g. OpenSSL), operating system
kernel, etc. All of these fields could be places with important
information that helps us to interpret the results we see but every change
to the headers means also a change to parsers.
There is also an implicit assumption here that the bandwidth scanner uses
tor at all. A future bandwidth scanner implementation may use
`stem.client` or an alternative implementation.
For exit lists we are considering using a free-form text field with some
suggested formats, e.g. something like "ExitScanner 55.5 using Tor 1.0.0
on Windows 10". If there is later something that affects the specific
implementation we can adjust that string without a spec change to report
library details.
For quick diagnosis of problems, it would be great if the bandwidth
scanners added some contact information to the output. We are planning to
add contact strings to exit scanners.
Whatever we do here, we should come up with good reasons why we are doing
it and then apply the decisions to both exit lists and bandwidth files if
the good reasons are working for both.
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