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Re: [tor-bugs] #5848 [Tor Relay]: Dir-spec extrainfo attributes vague about publisher



#5848: Dir-spec extrainfo attributes vague about publisher
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 Reporter:  atagar     |          Owner:              
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  trivial    |      Milestone:              
Component:  Tor Relay  |        Version:              
 Keywords:             |         Parent:              
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:              
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Comment(by karsten):

 I'm not saying that exit stats published by a non-exit would be very
 meaningful.  But Tor wouldn't decide that it's a non-exit, so it would
 publish stats with all zeros (if the relay is configured to publish exit
 stats).  What's an exit anyway?  A relay with the Exit flag?  A relay with
 an accept line to at least 1 IP and port?

 The same goes for entry and dirreq stats.  Clients may use any relay as
 their first hop, not just ones with the Guard flag.  Think about cases
 where a relay has just gained or lost the Guard flag and where the client
 and the relay disagree about the relay being a guard.  Similarly, dirreq
 stats are not bound to the relay having a non-zero Dir port.  Maybe, in
 the future, we won't require a non-zero Dir port for serving directory
 information anymore, because that's tunneled via the OR port anyway.
 Again, there wouldn't be much in those stats, but they would still be
 there (if the relay is configured to publish them).  But adding more
 requirements on these statistics would very likely overcomplicate things.
 Nothing bad will happen if relays report statistics with all zeros.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/5848#comment:5>
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