[tor-bugs] #4882 [Company]: migrate tordnsel

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#4882: migrate tordnsel
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 Reporter:  phobos   |          Owner:  phobos  
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:          
Component:  Company  |        Version:          
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Comment(by phobos):

 Replying to [comment:15 phobos]:
 > Replying to [comment:13 Sebastian]:
 > > Right, but the code is made slower when queries need to traverse a
 network
 >
 > arguably, no. the 'network' is a virtual network between vmware hosts.
 it never crosses a real ethernet. in packet traces, tordnsel responded in
 less than 0.0002 seconds to tbel.py queries, no idea why tbel.py couldn't
 keep up with the load.
 >
 > however, for empirical data, i'll test it anyway.

 iirc, most of the problem with tbel.py is that it writes out huge cache
 files, queries them, writes out more files, gives up and queries tordnsel,
 gets an answer, writes it to cache. repeat that cycle.

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