[tor-bugs] #6325 [Tor Directory Authority]: New family like property: ASN

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#6325: New family like property: ASN
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 Reporter:  ioerror                  |          Owner:  ln5
     Type:  enhancement              |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |      Milestone:     
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:     
 Keywords:  bgp, asn                 |         Parent:     
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 Directory authorities should publish a family like value for every relay
 in the network. I propose that the family like value is actually a 32bit
 field that matches the ASN of the IP address of the router itself. Once
 this data is published, we have the ability to see how our paths are
 built, to see if we would say, choose two nodes not in the same /16 but
 actually still nearby, etc.

 I further propose that we reserve zero (00000000) for "I haven't said
 anything" for a given node.

 This is not related to clients actually using these changes - we need a
 proper proposal for that kind of effort (as we do for this), I suspect.

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