commit d24e3cbe77ba5545859fbe8da0cf445f642fed75 Author: Karsten Loesing karsten.loesing@gmx.net Date: Mon Mar 14 17:38:41 2011 +0100

Add BridgeDB pool assignments to data tech report. --- task-2754/data.tex | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/task-2754/data.tex b/task-2754/data.tex index fe8e322..1a2745d 100644 --- a/task-2754/data.tex +++ b/task-2754/data.tex @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ information in Section~\ref{sec:bridgesan}. Second, we describe the numerous aggregate statistics that relays publish about their usage \cite{loesing2010case} in Sections~\ref{sec:bytehist} to \ref{fig:connbidirect}. -Third, we delineate the output of various Tor services like GetTor or +Third, we delineate the output of various Tor services like BridgeDB, +GetTor, or Tor Check as well as specific measurement tools like Torperf in Sections~\ref{sec:torperf} to \ref{sec:exitlist}. All data described in this report are available for download on the @@ -644,6 +645,60 @@ file (reformatted and annotated with comments)} \label{fig:torperf} \end{figure}

+\section{BridgeDB pool assignment files} + +BridgeDB is the software that receives bridge network statuses containing +the information which bridges are running from the bridge authority, +assigns these bridges to persistent distribution rings, and hands them out +to bridge users. +BridgeDB periodically dumps the list of running bridges with information +about the rings, subrings, and file buckets to which they are assigned to +a local file. +The sanitized versions of these lists containing SHA-1 hashes of bridge +fingerprints instead of the original fingerprints are available for +statistical analysis. + +\begin{figure} +\begin{verbatim} +bridge-pool-assignment 2011-03-13 14:38:03 +00b834117566035736fc6bd4ece950eace8e057a unallocated +00e923e7a8d87d28954fee7503e480f3a03ce4ee email port=443 + flag=stable +0103bb5b00ad3102b2dbafe9ce709a0a7c1060e4 https ring=2 port=443 + flag=stable +[...] +\end{verbatim} +%---------------------------------------------------------------- +\vspace{-1em} +\caption{BridgeDB pool assignment file from March 13, 2011} +\label{fig:bridgeassignments} +\end{figure} + +Figure~\ref{fig:bridgeassignments} shows a BridgeDB pool assignment file +from March 13, 2011. +Every such file begins with a line containing the timestamp when BridgeDB +wrote this file. +Subsequent lines always start with the SHA-1 hash of a bridge fingerprint, +followed by ring, subring, and/or file bucket information. +There are currently three distributor ring types in BridgeDB: + +\begin{enumerate} +\item \texttt{unallocated}: These bridges are not distributed by BridgeDB, +but are either reserved for manual distribution or are written to file +buckets for distribution via an external tool. +If a bridge in the \texttt{unallocated} ring is assigned to a file bucket, +this is noted by \verb+bucket=$bucketname+. +\item \texttt{email}: These bridges are distributed via an e-mail +autoresponder. Bridges can be assigned to subrings by their OR port or +relay flag which is defined by \verb+port=$port+ and/or \verb+flag=$flag+. +\item \texttt{https}: These bridges are distributed via https server. +There are multiple https rings to further distribute bridges by IP address +ranges, which is denoted by \verb+ring=$ring+. +Bridges in the \texttt{https} ring can also be assigned to subrings by +OR port or relay flag which is defined by \verb+port=$port+ and/or +\verb+flag=$flag+. +\end{enumerate} + \section{GetTor statistics file}

GetTor allows users to fetch the Tor software via email.