#28296: Nyx shows wrong IP address for ControlPort connection --------------------------+------------------------------ Reporter: wagon | Owner: atagar Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Core Tor/Nyx | Version: Tor: 0.3.4.8 Severity: Normal | Resolution: wontfix Keywords: | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: --------------------------+------------------------------
Comment (by wagon): As you said in other ticket, Nyx is for power users and developers who know what they are doing. Network terminology cannot easily be mapped to human's "inbound-outbound", and everybody got used to it. Each server can have multiple network interfaces, few virtual machines, and few address aliases. Inbound/outbound is always defined with respect to particular network interface, it is in no way related to physically outgoing packets to network. However, everybody knows, that physically outgoing packets are those which are outbound for non-virtual interfaces connected to internet physically. I see no reason why we have to redefine standard terms. If you really want to preserve inbound/outbound as reserved terms for "inbound-outbound physically" it is better to use some reserved word instead of 127.0.0.1 or 97.113.4.188. It shouldn't be hostname, because hostname is alias for 97.113.4.188, but you could use "me" or similar word. Nevertheless, writing "me:9051" is also misleading, because specifying port without specifying network interface, where this port is opened, is too dumb. It is like telling house number without street name. Since Nyx is officially supported and promoted by Tor Project, I'ld like other Tor people to participate in Nyx-related discussions too. It is not good when one person resolves everything, where no external opinion, review or appeal can be done. Please, ask somebody else to judge issue in this ticket. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/28296#comment:6> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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