[tor-relays] unflagged BAD EXIT nodes

[Damian Busby]

Sorry for hijacking, but I wasn't sure where best to put this.

As a programmer, where should I start if I am considering lending my time
to the tor project? While I feel that the BAD EXIT issue needs some love, I
defer to those with more knowledge on the state of things to direct my
efforts.

Is there a online resource I should peruse, or is it more of a secret
society complete with hazing and chanting?

Once again, sorry for the interruption.

The Other Damian

On Sat, Jul 4, 2015, 12:12 PM Damian Johnson <atagar at torproject.org> wrote:

> > I find it more worrying that we do not "hear" about the 'more serious
> > attacks' that keep them busy and don't allow them to look into i.e.
> > 'AviatoChortler' (even after a few weeks). That might mean that there
> > is a constant stream of 'more serious attacks' (without information I
> > can only guess).
>
> ... or it could also be that we're simply spread too thin. ;)
>
> Bad relay detection is a space that doesn't traditionally get much
> focus. Presently Philipp is the only person investing time here, and
> he both has a day job and would prefer to do more interesting things
> (like write code!) in his free time.
>
> As I see it there's three areas that need to be improved in this space...
>
> 1. Bad relay detection. Philipp's ExitMap [1] and my naive sybil
> checker [2] are the only automated checks I'm aware of right now. That
> leaves a lot of room for improvement.
>
> 2. Openness. Traditionally there's been some contention about where to
> draw the line between openness and secrecy. Personally this is what
> turned me off to this space [3]. Thankfully Philipp's moving us toward
> being a little less secretive. [4]
>
> 3. Responsiveness. To get a relay flagged we need to persuade
> directory authority operators to manually intervene by editing their
> torrc. I get the impression all the dirauths that vote on BadExit now
> use Philipp's git repository so hopefully this is better than it once
> was.
>
> All this is to say 'help welcome!'. If this is a space you truly care
> about then please make it better! Philipp can best say where more
> hands would be useful.
>
> Cheers! -Damian
>
> [1] http://www.cs.kau.se/philwint/spoiled_onions/
> [2] https://gitweb.torproject.org/doctor.git/tree/sybil_checker.py
> [3] see the 'As of April 2013 this list is no longer being maintained'
> note on https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/badRelays
> [4] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13302
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