[tor-bugs] #32299 [Core Tor/Tor]: read GeoIPFile and GeoIP6File straight out of APK file (Android-only)

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#32299: read GeoIPFile and GeoIP6File straight out of APK file (Android-only)
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 Reporter:  eighthave                            |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  Android, tbb-mobile, needs-proposal  |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by teor):

 * keywords:  Android, tbb-mobile => Android, tbb-mobile, needs-proposal


Comment:

 It looks like this feature would change the tor specs, because they
 currently assume that the GeoIP* files are read straight from disk. (It
 also looks like this feature would be useful on any disk-constrained
 system: lots of Tor's directory documents are sent compressed, and only
 read into RAM once.)

 So let's design this change using the Tor proposal process:
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/001-process.txt#n39

 Here are some design notes:

 In Tor, we currently use prefixes for special file names:
 * unix sockets: "unix:(path)"

 We could do something similar for archives:
 * zip files: "zip:(path to file)/(path within archive)"
 That would be easy to extend to other formats as needed.

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