[tor-dev] How does a hidden service select introduction points

2014-11-22 Thread Richard Dennis
Hi guys, i have been doing a bit of reading recently about hidden services, and i am just wondering how exactly a hidden service selects its introduction points, i understand there are two methods, one where the H.S picks its own set of I.P's and one where this is done for the H.S., is this co

Re: [tor-dev] Understanding bwauth data in Stem?

2014-11-22 Thread Karsten Loesing
On 22/11/14 01:53, Sebastian Hahn wrote: > On 21 Nov 2014, at 23:44, Damian Johnson wrote: >>> Separately, is there a way (using Stem or some other tool) to see the raw >>> bwauth measurements rather than the weights? >> >> I don't believe this is exposed anywhere, so only the bandwidth authority

Re: [tor-dev] Understanding bwauth data in Stem?

2014-11-22 Thread Karsten Loesing
On 21/11/14 23:44, Damian Johnson wrote: > Agreed, it would be nice for CollecTor to have bandwidth authority > information. However, with a few small exceptions (like rdns and geoip > lookups) CollecTor is simply a distilled version of what's in the > consensus. That is to say, by directly collect

Re: [tor-dev] New documentation for Tor Metrics website

2014-11-22 Thread Karsten Loesing
On 21/11/14 23:05, Lei Yang wrote: > Dear Dr. Loesing, > > I have a concern about the consensus_weight. The definition of it seems > that the consensus_weight is a completely measured value by the > authorities. However, from the Bandwidth Scanner Specification, if I > understand correctly, it loo