[tor-dev] [tor-assistants] Python metrics-lib

[sc28 at rice.edu]

Hi Karsten & Damian,

Extending stem to implement #2768 seems a good option to start with; I  
looked at the Java code and felt doing it in stem should not be  
complicated. However, I need some suggestions for the choice of Python  
cryptography API, since I haven't used any before. A simple Google  
search says PyCrypto. I believe you have an answer, Damian.

Cheers,
Beck

Quoting Karsten Loesing <karsten at torproject.org>:

> [Moving this thread to tor-dev as suggested by Damian in separate mail.]
>
> Hi Damian, hi Beck,
>
> There are quite a few options.
>
> How about extending stem to implement #2768?  There's already Java code
> for verifying server descriptors and consensuses in metrics-tasks.git
> [0].  On stem's side this requires parsing the crypto parts of server
> descriptors, consensuses, and certificates.  If the network statuses
> aren't there yet, starting with server descriptors should be fine.  And
> once there's verification code for server descriptors and consensuses,
> there are more things to verify in Tor's various descriptors.
>
> Another option would be to write the parsing code for extra-info
> descriptors including all the stats.  Once we have consensuses, server
> descriptors, and extra-info descriptors in stem, we can start writing a
> Python version of Onionoo [1], the service that provides the data for
> Atlas [2].
>
> Let me know if you need more options or more input on these.
>
> Thanks,
> Karsten
>
> [0] https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-tasks.git/tree/HEAD:/task-2768
>
> [1] https://www.torproject.org/projects/onionoo.html.en
>
> [2] https://atlas.torproject.org/