Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

On 2 May 2018, at 22:39, teor wrote: >> > Tor accepts zero bandwidths, but they trigger bugs in older Tor >> > implementations. Therefore, implementations SHOULD NOT produce zero >> > bandwidths. Instead, they SHOULD use one as their minimum bandwidth. > > And if

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

Hi Nick, Juga asked me to comment on your review, so she could read it before our bandwidth meeting this week. If I don't comment on a suggestion, you should assume I agree with it. Backwards Compatibility Nick asked about backwards compatibility. This format uses semantic versioning. Tor

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

Hi, On 02/05/18 10:31, teor wrote: > So let's try to keep "relay measurement" and "relay bandwidths" as > separate concepts. Aaah, ok. Yes, I much prefer "Relay Bandwidth" as the name for the section in §2. There are then also lots of references to measurement in §2.2, that should also be

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

juga: >>> Each relay_line MUST include the following key_value in arbitrary order: >> >> Do existing implementations accept arbitrary order here? > > Good question, it seems like bw must be behind node_id, but they can > have things in front and behind. I probably should create a ticket to > add

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

On 2 May 2018, at 19:18, Iain Learmonth wrote: >> "Measurements Results" describes how the bandwidths are created by >> some generators. But a generator that believes self-reported results >> doesn't measure, it just aggregates. (As does a peerflow-style generator.) >> >

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

Hi, On 02/05/18 09:59, teor wrote: > Let's use: > Tor Bandwidth List Format As we are already using this for the directory lists, I think this makes sense as a name for the format. > "Measurements Results" describes how the bandwidths are created by some generators. But a generator that

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

On 2 May 2018, at 18:34, juga wrote: 2. Format details Bandwidth measurements MUST contain the following > sections: - Header (exactly once) - Relays measurements (zero or more times) >>> >>> Grammar suggestion: "Relay measurements". >> >> In this

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

Hi Iain, Iain Learmonth: > Hi, > >> Tor Bandwidth Measurements Document Format > > "Measurement" could mean a method for performing a measurement, a single > measurement task, a schedule for a repeating measurement task, a > measurement result or a few other things. I also wondered whether

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

Hi, > Tor Bandwidth Measurements Document Format "Measurement" could mean a method for performing a measurement, a single measurement task, a schedule for a repeating measurement task, a measurement result or a few other things. When Large MeAsurement Platforms (LMAP) wrote documents in the

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

Hi, Thanks Nick for the comments, i'm replaying only to the parts where i give an answer or i've more questions. I'd accept the rest of your suggestions unless there will be further comments. Nick Mathewson: > Hi, Juga! > > This is a review of the document from >

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

Karsten Loesing: > Hi Juga, > > On 2018-05-01 14:36, Nick Mathewson wrote: >> This is a review of the document from >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juga0/torspec/c7f06023dd1d5d47adad128de541f8eba2a13bfb/bandwidth-file-spec.txt >> , which I *think* is the same as the document you have below.

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

Hi Juga, On 2018-05-01 14:36, Nick Mathewson wrote: > This is a review of the document from > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juga0/torspec/c7f06023dd1d5d47adad128de541f8eba2a13bfb/bandwidth-file-spec.txt > , which I *think* is the same as the document you have below. I'd like to review this

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

Hi, Juga! This is a review of the document from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juga0/torspec/c7f06023dd1d5d47adad128de541f8eba2a13bfb/bandwidth-file-spec.txt , which I *think* is the same as the document you have below. I'm reviewing this as though it were a fully new format, since I'm not

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Tor bandwidth measurements document format

Hi, after teor's revision, second version pasted below. Changes can be seen: in https://github.com/juga0/torspec/commits/bandwidth-file-spec Best, juga = Tor Bandwidth Measurements Document Format