[tor-bugs] #5535 [Tor Client]: Make clients use "a" lines in network status documents
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#5535: Make clients use "a" lines in network status documents
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Reporter: ln5 | Owner: ln5
Type: enhancement | Status: accepted
Priority: normal | Milestone: Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component: Tor Client | Version:
Keywords: ipv6 | Parent: #4564
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by nickm):
>Nick, do you have an opinion?
arma: Why have this be a consensus param? I don't see the utility,
especially given the not implausible possibility that the first versions
of the client code to use "a" lines will do so buggily, turning such a
consensus param into a param which must never be set.
> When should a client prefer the IPv6 or port of a (non bridge) entry
node?
My first thought would be either "never" or "only when told to do so" at
first. My rationale is that lots of clients will have IPv6 addresses that
leak their MAC addresses for a while, and we don't (now) have code to
detect that yet.
>Let's try this: Prefer IPv6 if there is an IPv6 OR port but make sure we
fall back to its IPv4 port if we fail connecting.
I'm not saying that's wrong, but I'd like to hear your rationale.
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