"We still lack the "gamification" Relay Challenge website that Virgil was talking about. It would just sum up all relays of a family, and then it really does not matter any more."
for what it's worth this website has been started. I'll post a beta to tor-talk when it's presentable. I remain very optimistic about the "impact per unit effort" for such a gamification site. -V On Saturday, March 21, 2015, Nusenu <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi, > > currently we use globe [1] compass [2] or old school torstatus [3] to > get an overview of what relays are around and who might operate them. > > None of these 'tools' provide an easy way to aggregate relay data to > have a look at the bigger picture (Who runs most of the tor network?). > > I generated* a preliminary overview based on MyFamily data, that > should provide an overview of the big tor relay operators: > > > https://github.com/nusenu/misc-files/blob/master/biggest_tor_relay_operators_by_MyFamily.txt > (Only the top 15 have names next to them because that was a manual task ;) > > In the future that table might just be another compass checkbox saying > "Group by MyFamily" (or a static page generated once an hour). > > Note: If you compare this with other overviews that uses contactInfo > to aggregate relays > https://github.com/nusenu/misc-files/blob/master/tor-relays_by_contact.txt > you will notice some big operators are missing. That means that they > are not using MyFamily (properly). > Also because MyFamily is a cumbersome setting for relay operators > there might be misconfigurations** that result in multiple > (overlapping) families. > > Positive side effect: By using MyFamily to aggregate relays, I hope to > creating incentives for relay operators to actually configure MyFamily > on their relays. MyFamily avoids using multiple relays - operated by a > single entity - in a single tor client circuit. > > Also, relay ops running many "smaller" relays hopefully will become > more visible (and receive more acknowledgments for their > contributions) [4]. > > If you are a relay operator yourself, you can easily check if you > configured your relays properly by entering any of your relay > fingerprints on https://compass.torproject.org (family field). If the > search result does not show all your relays then there is something > wrong with your MyFamily configuration. > > regards, > Nusenu > > > [1] https://globe.torproject.org/#/top10 > [2] > > https://compass.torproject.org/#?exit_filter=all_relays&links&sort=cw&sort_reverse&country= > [3] http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/ > > [4] > https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2015-February/006436.html > Moritz wrote: > "We still lack the "gamification" Relay Challenge website that Virgil > was talking about. It would just sum up all relays of a family, and > then it really does not matter any more." > > > *) basically compass -f in a loop has been used to generate that overview. > I also required at least two members in a Family - which is a bad idea > because you will "loose" single big relays like IPredator - this will > be changed. > > **) This should become less of a problem for relay ops with tools like > ansible > https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVDJowAAoJEFv7XvVCELh0obkP/jHJOQdB0KozozObL/j9sJes > PezMiV31fONjWt/gEOEe9Gq3HnHW8kAam+ZxEkeGplLv03dYy7ri02EV0T4Rhu2b > fxOEQRJKOxOkQbZEU88CThJ4jWBBVxSNxY/OYWaZU8EKz4ofghmd0jWD0kVrFBO+ > cp3w//87LGyLkbcrVgSbeHL7DEACpVuIDZf2Ye5k6lFZF7V1NdpJF5RKGGVnmJLj > /uylRv4j0eBWdg2FBfTBaQL73N7qWe8bTeG7gAfhfJiQZTX9E9ow4uFbCqlQu5tO > KZNG3mfdRMMUFy5Rlhapp0KX3dX0UpIyZ7O2Cg8y6E2gjKCuZVG8Vw+yiBU3XLf+ > yN+YE5VlnOBddlvKf6NVIEjPca5KrSgGUjmi+i+eDwEv4QD3/ghjJmxPijtQDahy > p0s3EyZodnSVNO6JleXJj7MEFK1bib+zlExYWdRuW4V4RD+5g8R1eqaM1RPUc8WH > XPJuFA43EFvWhrYsYu4+1rvlgFJGnB+dUkFai0x4RKt/CmJomOVJK/1ohpHuqafM > vRp2hOVXVEn2irhKpl4NtuCvmo3GBx5g9+GC+yjIZAX7bykYuyuBoake6rMuqllX > z91uCDYn1rk3ugHVSXzLBOcjU89oH9LLhLos2I+O2QbWMLR1/tFWgzHkfRTvLyNc > MME9LEePbOdQq5c6GAV9 > =c+oy > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] <javascript:;> > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
