[tor-bugs] #5866 [Ooni]: Research on test to write.

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#5866: Research on test to write.
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    Reporter:  phobos  |       Owner:  hellais             
        Type:  task    |      Status:  closed              
    Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Sponsor H: June 2012
   Component:  Ooni    |     Version:                      
  Resolution:  fixed   |    Keywords:                      
      Parent:          |      Points:                      
Actualpoints:          |  
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Changes (by isis):

  * status:  needs_review => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:13 hellais]:
 > You should read the OONI Architecture and see how a test like
 switzerland can be written using it's components.
 >
 > I would imagine that something useful would be the control channel.

 I have read it, and if I recall correctly the control channel will be
 implemented as a way for clients to make reports through Tor. Is that
 correct? If that is the case, that will likely work, assuming that both
 clients can run Tor.

 > An input is supposed to be a list of items. In this case you define
 input as "An active connection between two clients", what do you mean
 exactly by this?

 Switzerland, as it was designed, was passive. I can either keep it that
 way, or include a traffic generator, in which case it would require no
 input.

 > What are "asynchronous keys"?

 Derp. That is a very stupid, late-night typo which should read "asymmetric
 keys". Thanks for catching that.

 > Also answering some of your questions:
 >
 > 3. The goal of OONI is not visualization of data, that should be the
 task of others.

 Ah, but visualisation and comparison are not strictly the same thing. In
 this case, comparing two streams (which requires matching them up despite
 the fact that each viewpoint contains differently organized information)
 is integral to the actual test. This comparison doesn't necessarily need
 to be displayed visually, and while that would be rather neat, I wasn't
 planning to implement any data visualisation.

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