[tor-bugs] #5848 [Analysis]: Dir-spec extrainfo attributes vague about publisher
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#5848: Dir-spec extrainfo attributes vague about publisher
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Reporter: atagar | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: trivial | Milestone:
Component: Analysis | Version:
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Comment(by karsten):
Replying to [ticket:5848 atagar]:
> Currently extrainfo descriptor attributes like...
> * bridge-stats-end
> * dirreq-stats-end
> * entry-stats-end
> * cell-stats-end
> * exit-stats-end
>
> ... all have a copy-and-pasted description of each other. I guess that
'entry-*' attributes apply to guards and 'cell-*' apply to everyone, but
the spec doesn't say so making this just a guess.
>
> Ideally all of the descriptor attributes would explicitly say who
publishes them.
Any relay that is configured to report dirreq|entry|cell|exit stats can
publish them in their extra-info descriptors. There's no need to be a
guard to publish entry stats, for example.
This is different for relays vs. bridges. Right now, only bridges publish
bridge stats and only relays publish the rest. But it's unclear if that
distinction makes sense for all statistics. See
[https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/5807#comment:5 my comment
in #5807] about leaving statistics that were originally designed for
relays but which are published by bridges anyway in sanitized bridge
descriptors. Once that discussion is over, we might want to update dir-
spec.txt saying which stats are published by relays and/or bridges.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/5848#comment:2>
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