[tor-bugs] #13348 [Onionoo]: Exit Policy Summary shows "reject 1-65535" althought there accept ports and exit connections

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#13348: Exit Policy Summary shows "reject      1-65535" althought there accept
ports and exit connections
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     Reporter:  toralf   |      Owner:  rndm
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  trivial  |  Milestone:
    Component:  Onionoo  |    Version:
   Resolution:  wontfix  |   Keywords:
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:
       Points:           |
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Changes (by karsten):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix


Comment:

 I have been thinking about this, and I decided that the code changes to
 fix this rare edge case would be too complex and might possibly introduce
 new problems.

 Instead I tried to explain this case better in the documentation:

 {{{
 diff --git a/web/protocol.html b/web/protocol.html
 index dd7c833..dfbbdec 100644
 --- a/web/protocol.html
 +++ b/web/protocol.html
 @@ -667,8 +667,12 @@ running in the last bridge network status.
  </h3>

  <p>
 -Details documents are based on the network statuses published by the Tor
 -directories and the server descriptors published by relays and bridges.
 +Details documents are based on network statuses published by the Tor
 +directories, server descriptors published by relays and bridges, and data
 +published by Tor network services TorDNSEL and BridgeDB.
 +Details documents use the most recently published data from these
 sources,
 +which may lead to contradictions between fields based on different
 sources
 +in rare edge cases.
  Details documents contain the following fields:
  </p>

 @@ -1070,6 +1074,9 @@ found.
  Array of exit-policy lines.
  Missing if router descriptor containing this information cannot be
  found.
 +May contradict the <strong>"exit_policy_summary"</strong> field in a rare
 +edge case: this happens when the relay changes its exit policy after the
 +directory authorities summarized the previous exit policy.
  </p>
  </li>

 @@ -1084,6 +1091,9 @@ version of the relay's exit policy containing a
 dictionary
  If there is an "accept" ("reject") element, the relay accepts (rejects)
  all TCP ports or port ranges in the given list for most IP addresses and
  rejects (accepts) all other ports.
 +May contradict the <strong>"exit_policy"</strong> field in a rare edge
 +case: this happens when the relay changes its exit policy after the
 +directory authorities summarized the previous exit policy.
  </p>
  </li>

 @@ -1098,6 +1108,9 @@ If there is an "accept" ("reject") element, the
 relay acce
  all TCP ports or port ranges in the given list for most IP addresses and
  rejects (accepts) all other ports.
  Missing if the relay rejects all connections to IPv6 addresses.
 +May contradict the <strong>"exit_policy_summary"</strong> field in a rare
 +edge case: this happens when the relay changes its exit policy after the
 +directory authorities summarized the previous exit policy.
  </p>
  </li>
 }}}

 Sorry for the confusion.  Closing as wontfix.

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