[tor-dev] Should we disable the collection of some stats published in extra-infos?

[Karsten Loesing]

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On 25/03/16 16:24, Rob Jansen wrote:
> 
>> On Feb 11, 2016, at 2:51 PM, Rob Jansen
>> <rob.g.jansen at nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
>> 
>>> These statistics are being collected for years now, and it
>>> might take another year or so for relays to upgrade to stop
>>> collecting them.  So what's another month.
>>> 
>> 
>> Agreed.
> 
> Hi Karsten,
> 
> Could you please summarize your current plans regarding stopping
> or replacing the collection method for sensitive statistics, based
> on discussions in Valencia? I'm particularly interested in the
> plans for the client IP and the exit stats that are categorized by
> exit port.

Hi Rob,

are you asking for a summary of our discussion in Valencia or for the
current state of things?

Here's a quick update on the two stats you're mentioning:

 - I'm working on replacing client IP stats by implementing stats on
directory requests by transport and IP version (#8786).  I got a bit
distracted by the fact that we're currently not counting IPv6
directory requests at all (#18460), but once that's solved, I'll
resume working on the other ticket.

 - I asked a metrics team volunteer to look at exit stats and the
possible benefits from gathering them and then forgot about that task.
 I'll look at these stats myself this week.

I also added an item to the metrics roadmap, so that we can revisit
this discussion at metrics team meetings:

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/MetricsTeam#RoadmapOctober2015toOctober2016

All the best,
Karsten
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