[or-cvs] r14232: Close proposal 126 ("Getting GeoIP data and publishing usage (in tor/trunk: . doc/spec doc/spec/proposals)

Sat Mar 29 05:43:03 UTC 2008

Author: nickm
Date: 2008-03-29 01:43:02 -0400 (Sat, 29 Mar 2008)
New Revision: 14232

Modified:
   tor/trunk/
   tor/trunk/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
   tor/trunk/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt
   tor/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/000-index.txt
   tor/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/126-geoip-reporting.txt
Log:
 r15024 at tombo:  nickm | 2008-03-29 01:37:09 -0400
 Close proposal 126 ("Getting GeoIP data and publishing usage summaries.")  It was never completely built, so note which parts wer and which were not.  Not-built parts would be good topics for future proposals.



Property changes on: tor/trunk
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 svk:merge ticket from /tor/trunk [r15024] on 49666b30-7950-49c5-bedf-9dc8f3168102

Modified: tor/trunk/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
===================================================================

--- tor/trunk/doc/spec/control-spec.txt	2008-03-29 05:43:00 UTC (rev 14231)
+++ tor/trunk/doc/spec/control-spec.txt	2008-03-29 05:43:02 UTC (rev 14232)
@@ -524,6 +524,10 @@
       A space-separated list of all the events supported by this version of
       Tor's USEFEATURE.
 
+    "ip-to-country/*"
+      Maps IP addresses to 2-letter country codes.  For example,
+      "GETINFO ip-to-country/18.0.0.1" should give "US".
+
     "next-circuit/IP:port"
       XXX todo.
 

Modified: tor/trunk/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt
===================================================================
--- tor/trunk/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt	2008-03-29 05:43:00 UTC (rev 14231)
+++ tor/trunk/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt	2008-03-29 05:43:02 UTC (rev 14232)
@@ -599,6 +599,21 @@
 
         As documented in 2.1 above.  See migration notes in section 2.2.1.
 
+    "geoip-start" YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS NL
+    "geoip-client-origins" CC=N,CC=N,... NL
+
+        Only generated by bridge routers (see blocking.pdf), and only
+        when they have been configured with a geoip database.
+        Non-bridges SHOULD NOT generate these fields.  Contains a list
+        of mappings from two-letter country codes (CC) to the number
+        of clients that have connected to that bridge from that
+        country (approximate, and rounded to the nearest multiple of 8
+        in order to hamper traffic analysis).  A country is included
+        only if it has at least 8 addresses, and only if the bridge
+        has seen at least 16 addresses total.  The time in
+        "geoip-start" is the time at which we began collecting geoip
+        statistics.
+
     "router-signature" NL Signature NL
         [At end, exactly once.]
 
@@ -613,10 +628,11 @@
    tools SHOULD accept history values from both sources; if they appear in
    both documents, the values in the extra-info documents are authoritative.
 
-   At some future time, to save space, new versions of Tor will no longer
-   generate router descriptors containing read-history or write-history.
-   Tools should continue to accept read-history and write-history values
-   in router descriptors produced by older versions of Tor.
+   New versions of Tor no longer generate router descriptors
+   containing read-history or write-history.  Tools should continue to
+   accept read-history and write-history values in router descriptors
+   produced by older versions of Tor until all Tor versions earlier
+   than 0.2.0.x are obsolete.
 
 2.3. Nonterminals in router descriptors
 

Modified: tor/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/000-index.txt
===================================================================
--- tor/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/000-index.txt	2008-03-29 05:43:00 UTC (rev 14231)
+++ tor/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/000-index.txt	2008-03-29 05:43:02 UTC (rev 14232)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 123  Naming authorities automatically create bindings [CLOSED]
 124  Blocking resistant TLS certificate usage [SUPERSEDED]
 125  Behavior for bridge users, bridge relays, and bridge authorities [FINISHED]
-126  Getting GeoIP data and publishing usage summaries [FINISHED]
+126  Getting GeoIP data and publishing usage summaries [CLOSED]
 127  Relaying dirport requests to Tor download site / website [DRAFT]
 128  Families of private bridges [DRAFT]
 129  Block Insecure Protocols by Default [FINISHED]
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
    105  Version negotiation for the Tor protocol
    111  Prioritizing local traffic over relayed traffic
    125  Behavior for bridge users, bridge relays, and bridge authorities
-   126  Getting GeoIP data and publishing usage summaries
    129  Block Insecure Protocols by Default
    130  Version 2 Tor connection protocol
  CLOSED:
@@ -98,6 +97,7 @@
    119  New PROTOCOLINFO command for controllers
    122  Network status entries need a new Unnamed flag
    123  Naming authorities automatically create bindings
+   126  Getting GeoIP data and publishing usage summaries
  SUPERSEDED:
    112  Bring Back Pathlen Coin Weight
    124  Blocking resistant TLS certificate usage

Modified: tor/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/126-geoip-reporting.txt
===================================================================
--- tor/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/126-geoip-reporting.txt	2008-03-29 05:43:00 UTC (rev 14231)
+++ tor/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/126-geoip-reporting.txt	2008-03-29 05:43:02 UTC (rev 14232)
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@
 Last-Modified: $Date$
 Author: Roger Dingledine
 Created: 2007-11-24
-Status: Finished
+Status: Closed
 
+0. Status
+
+  In 0.2.0.x, this proposal is implemented to the extent needed to
+  address its motivations.  See notes below with the test "RESOLUTION"
+  for details.
+
 1. Background and motivation
 
   Right now we can keep a rough count of Tor users, both total and by
@@ -114,6 +120,9 @@
   The IP-to-country details are described further in Sections 5 and
   6 below.
 
+  [RESOLUTION: The geoip file in 0.2.0.x is not distributed through
+  Tor.  Instead, it is shipped with the bundle.]
+
 4.2. The IP-to-city db
 
   In an ideal world, the IP-to-city db would be small enough that we
@@ -140,6 +149,8 @@
   there another reasonable location for it that can provide similar
   consensus security properties?
 
+  [RESOLUTION: IP-to-city is not supported.]
+
 4.2.1. Controllers can query for router annotations
 
   Vidalia needs to stop doing queries on bridge relay IP addresses.
@@ -202,6 +213,8 @@
   [XXX Should consider forward/backward compatibility, e.g. if we want
   to move to a new geoip file format. -RD]
 
+  [RESOLUTION: Not done over Tor.]
+
 6. Controllers use the IP-to-country db for mapping and for path building
 
   Down the road, Vidalia could use the IP-to-country mappings for placing
@@ -221,6 +234,8 @@
     GETINFO ip-to-country/128.31.0.34
     250+ip-to-country/128.31.0.34="US","USA","UNITED STATES"
 
+  [RESOLUTION: Not done now, except for the getinfo command.]
+
 6.1. Other interfaces
 
   Robert Hogan has also suggested a
@@ -230,6 +245,8 @@
   as well as torrc options for ExitCountryCodes, EntryCountryCodes,
   ExcludeCountryCodes, etc.
 
+  [RESOLUTION: Not implemented in 0.2.0.x.  Fodder for a future proposal.]
+
 7. Relays and bridges use the IP-to-country db for usage summaries
 
   Once bridges have a GeoIP database locally, they can start to publish

