[tor-bugs] #6460 [Analysis]: Devise metrics to measure the safety of the Tor network

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#6460: Devise metrics to measure the safety of the Tor network
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Comment(by asn):

 Example of such metrics are the graphs generated by #6232 and #6443;
 dealing with the diversity of the network.

 The blog post ''Research problem: measuring the safety of the Tor
 network'' has more useful metrics that need development:
 https://blog.torproject.org/blog/research-problem-measuring-safety-tor-
 network

 Another idea that could be useful is measuring (and plotting over time)
 the probability that a circuit's entry node and exit node will belong to
 the same country/AS.
 Another idea would be to measure the bandwidth capacity of relays running
 exploitable or non-recommended versions of Tor.

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