[tor-bugs] #33428 [Core Tor/Chutney]: Make chutney check for relay microdescriptors before verifying

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#33428: Make chutney check for relay microdescriptors before verifying
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 Reporter:  teor                           |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                         |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Chutney               |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                         |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ipv6, prop311, outreachy-ipv6  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #33232                         |         Points:  1
 Reviewer:                                 |        Sponsor:  Sponsor55-can
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Comment (by teor):

 Hi anuradha1904, this ticket is one of the stretch goals for the Tor IPv6
 Outreachy project. You're welcome to start working on it, but we're not
 sure how difficult it will be. Please stay in touch, so we can help you
 out if you get stuck.

 A lot of the work on the IPv6 project is in the `tor` binary, which is
 written in C. Do you know how to program in C ?

 If you don't know how to program in C, that's ok. There is plenty of
 Python work to do in Chutney. I have added some more chutney tasks to the
 Outreachy project description, and the
 [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&keywords
 =~outreachy-ipv6 outreachy-ipv6 keyword].

 I'm working on the branch for #33379 right now. Once it passes the tests,
 I'll post a link to the pull request here.


 Nick, is reading a file containing the ed25519 key is a good design for
 this feature?

 For the RSA key, we use `tor --list-fingerprint`. We could add a feature
 to tor so it accepts a key type argument:
 * `tor --list-fingerprint rsa`
 * `tor --list-fingerprint ed25519`

 If we want to read a file, we could just read
 `keys/ed25519_master_id_public_key`, so we don't have to depend on #30642.

 What do you think?

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