Hi,
I'm happy to finally announce version 1 of the ContactInfo Information Sharing Specification:
https://github.com/nusenu/ContactInfo-Information-Sharing-Specification This is an effort that started in 2017 as you can see on github.
Tor's ContactInfo field was primarily intended to contain an email address and PGP key fingerprint but since this field accepts an arbitrary string it has been used for multiple other purposes (website urls, donation information, bitcoin addresses, ...).
This is a specification to formalize the ContactInfo string to: - make provided information machine readable (could be used for Relay Search) - improve the ability to contact relay operators - allow the automatic attribution and verification that a relay is operated by a given entity - increase information sharing among tor relay operators
Eran Sandler created a nice and simple to use generator based on the specification: https://torcontactinfogenerator.netlify.app/
If you used the generator and specification in the past, please regenerate your ContactInfo string, so it includes the version field.
I'm particularly looking forward to seeing many use the verifyurl field.
Overview of definied fields
email pgp abuse operatorurl verifyurl keybase twitter mastodon matrix xmpp otr3 ricochet hoster cost uplinkbw trafficacct memory cpu virtualization bitcoin zcash donationurl offlinemasterkey signingkeylifetime sandbox os tls aesni autoupdate confmgmt dnslocation dnsqname dnssec dnslocalrootzone CIISSversion
regards, nusenu