[tor-dev] an alternate MyFamily definition

[Karsten Loesing]

On 8/23/12 10:12 PM, tagnaq wrote:
>> True, but: If one relay disappears for a while then the family may 
>> break into two if it was the only joint.
> 
> For the family (see #6662):
> 3cce3a91f6a625~8DE5 bc1245cbe16d5ee9b2~2D25
> 
> the connecting relay was down since 2012-04-04 and still karsten
> created the family in this case, but I'm not sure if karsten used more
> descriptors as would usually be available to an ordinary tor client.
> 
> https://metrics.torproject.org/relay-search.html?search=%24A0EA6A3D1B4D30F5005E89501DB68D4E14A0E183+2012-04

My fault.  The script had a bug where it didn't confirm mutual family
relationships correctly.  There's a fixed list attached to #6662.

The script only uses descriptors of currently running relays.

Best,
Karsten