[tor-bugs] #7172 [Chutney]: Come up with configuration options and instructions for running private Tor networks in testing and simulation environments

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#7172: Come up with configuration options and instructions for running private Tor
networks in testing and simulation environments
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 Reporter:  karsten   |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  project   |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Chutney   |        Version:       
 Keywords:  SponsorZ  |         Parent:       
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 (Mostly re-using Roger's words for this ticket description.)

 We should try to make TestingTorNetwork smoother and more reliable.
 That's useful for Shadow et al (Rob keeps running into bugs where his
 testbed network behaves funny due to TestingTorNetwork), and it would also
 be useful for setting up large private Tor networks for testing purposes.

 #6752 is an example for problems with TestingTorNetwork.  We'd probably
 find more such bugs if we spent some time running our own Tor networks and
 knowing it's ''supposed'' to work.

 Maybe this is best done by making Chutney better so we can notice
 problems, or maybe it's best done just by sitting down with a test Tor
 network, watching what goes wrong, fixing it, repeat.

 The current status of Chutney is that it doesn't make any application
 requests to the Tor network it starts.  It doesn't know how to check
 whether a Tor has bootstrapped correctly, has established a circuit, etc.
 Linus indicated that he might be interested in stabbing further at Chutney
 which he already did as part of the IPv6 work.

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