#33045: Increase the number of Tor network relays that support IPv6 --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: gaba | Owner: (none) Type: project | Status: new Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Core Tor/Tor | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: Sponsor55-must --------------------------+--------------------------------
Comment (by teor): Replying to [comment:9 teor]: > Replying to [comment:8 nusenu]: > > Replying to [comment:7 teor]: > > > nusenu, you're also using some different calculations from the grant: > > > * you're calculating Guard IPv6 consensus weight fraction > > > > I don't know about the grant but I can explain what my value says, it is not what you think it is. > > > > I'm not looking at cw fraction to calculate the "Guard: 29.06%" line above. > > > > I take and sum up onionoo's guard_probability [1] value of relays that have an IPv6 OrPort. > > The guard_probability of relays having the exit flag is always 0, with one exception: > > If the relay has the Exit and BadExit flags, in this specific but rare case the exit > > relay can have a non-zero guard probability. > > Great, so we're using similar calculations. > > > > * the grant uses Guard-but-not-Exit IPv6 consensus weight fraction > > > > If the grant is about supporting Tor clients only (which I hope it is not since I thought client-to-guard supports IPv6 already) than it seems odd > > to use cw fraction instead of "what fraction of guard capacity is reachable via IPv6?" metrics. > > The grant is about increasing the number of relays on IPv6, so that it's safer for clients to use IPv6: > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/sponsors/Sponsor55 > > > [1] https://metrics.torproject.org/onionoo.html#details_relay_guard_probability Thanks for this feedback, I have explicitly described the divisors for each calculation in my draft proposal 313: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2020-February/014158.html -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/33045#comment:11> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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