[tor-relays] arm client locale stats on connection page

Klaus Layer klaus.layer at gmx.de
Tue Dec 20 16:25:13 UTC 2011


Damian Johnson <atagar1 at gmail.com> wrote on 20.12.2011:
> Hi Klaus. The client count dialog works as follows:
> 
> - If we are running as a bridge we prepopulate the number of clients
> we've seen per locale by calling "GETINFO status/clients-seen". If we
> aren't then we don't start with any results.
> 
> - Whenever we get a new inbound connection that can't be identified as
> a relay we increment the number of people we've seen from that locale.
> If we're a guard then this isn't quite right since the inbound
> connection might be a bridge, but from the guard's perspective they
> should be one and the same.
> 
> > Node A - nothing happens
> 
> This happens because you're neither a bridge nor do you have the Guard
> flag, so it doesn't make sense for you to be receiving client
> connections.
> 
> > Node B - the window with the client locale stats is displayed
> 
> Yay
> 
> > Node C - a message "Usage stats aren't available yet, press any key..." is 
displayed
> 
> That happens when there aren't any stats to be displayed - maybe
> clients aren't using you?
> 

Thanks Damian. That exactly explains why nothing happens on node A. The node 
not yet have the guard flag. So it is just a matter of time.

Best regards,

Klaus
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