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[tor-bugs] #3232 [Metrics Utilities]: Extend ExoneraTor to look up relays in network statuses published _after_ the timestamp
#3232: Extend ExoneraTor to look up relays in network statuses published _after_
the timestamp
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Reporter: karsten | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: Metrics Utilities | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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[https://metrics.torproject.org/exonerator.html ExoneraTor] looks up a
given IP address in the network statuses ''preceding'' a given timestamp.
The idea is to say whether clients could have known about the relay at the
given time.
However, it's still possible that a relay disappeared between being listed
in a network status and the disputed request being made. With the current
voting schedule, there's a 70-minute time window for this: votes are
published 10 minutes before an hour and fresh until the hour is over.
If a relay was found in the last network status preceding the given
timestamp, we could also look it up in the network statuses published
''after'' the timestamp. If it was, we're even more confident that the
relay was around when the request was made. If it was not, we're less
confident and should say so.
Priority for this ticket is minor, because this is an edge case that most
people wouldn't care about, given that most people care about days, not
minutes (#3230). Also, we can rule out more errors by fixing #3231 first.
This task is assigned to Metrics Utilities, because it's probably easiest
to change the Java or Python version in metrics-utils first. Once that's
done, the web version in metrics-web should be updated, too.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3232>
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