How about research projects into node distribution? Specifically I wonder whether the collection and analysis of DNS query origin is allowed when queries are anonymized and aggregated. This would prevent the identification of a single user, which I assume is the rationale for point 4.
Other than that I'm perfectly fine with accepting the rules for seed.bitcoinstats.com Regards, Christian -- Christian Decker On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Wladimir <laa...@gmail.com> wrote: > We've established a few basic rules for the DNS seeds as used in the > Bitcoin Core software. See below. > > If you run one of the DNS seeds please reply to this and let us know > whether you agree to these terms. if you think some requirements are > unreasonable let us know too. If we haven't heard from you by > 2014-08-04 we will remove your DNS seed from the list of defaults. > > Expectations for DNSSeed operators > ==================================== > > Bitcoin Core attempts to minimize the level of trust in DNS seeds, > but DNS seeds still pose a small amount of risk for the network. > Other implementations of Bitcoin software may also use the same > seeds and may be more exposed. In light of this exposure this > document establishes some basic expectations for the expectations > for the operation of dnsseeds. > > 0. A DNSseed operating organization or person is expected > to follow good host security practices and maintain control of > their serving infrastructure and not sell or transfer control of their > infrastructure. Any hosting services contracted by the operator are > equally expected to uphold these expectations. > > 1. The DNSseed results must consist exclusively of fairly selected and > functioning Bitcoin nodes from the public network to the best of the > operators understanding and capability. > > 2. For the avoidance of doubt, the results may be randomized but must not > single-out any group of hosts to receive different results unless due to an > urgent technical necessity and disclosed. > > 3. The results may not be served with a DNS TTL of less than one minute. > > 4. Any logging of DNS queries should be only that which is necessary > for the operation of the service or urgent health of the Bitcoin > network and must not be retained longer than necessary or disclosed > to any third party. > > 5. Information gathered as a result of the operators node-spidering > (not from DNS queries) may be freely published or retained, but only > if this data was not made more complete by biasing node connectivity > (a violation of expectation (1)). > > 6. Operators are encouraged, but not required, to publicly document > the details of their operating practices. > > 7. A reachable email contact address must be published for inquiries > related to the DNSseed operation. > > If these expectations cannot be satisfied the operator should > discontinue providing services and contact the active Bitcoin > Core development team as well as posting on bitcoin-development. > > Behavior outside of these expectations may be reasonable in some > situations but should be discussed in public in advance. > > ======== > > See > https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/4566 > > Wladimir ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
