Clear on that now. Thanks for your guidance. Great work support group!
Mike On 6 Sep 2014, at 18:33, Karsten Loesing <kars...@torproject.org> wrote: > On 06/09/14 15:54, Mike Fikuart wrote: >> Yes, thanks this is useful. >> >> The current database lists 94566 IP/CC listings. >> Is this a cut down version of the full database just for Tor and only >> listing bridges and routers, or what do those geoips relate to? > > It's MaxMind's full database, not a subset. Each entry represents an IP > address range, and apparently 94K ranges are necessary to cover the > entire assigned IPv4 address space. > >> More relevant for me for Tor and it’s improvement over the years, does the >> algorithm for routing or circuit creation use the geoip and is it >> attributable to the improved performance of Tor in recent years? > > No, geoip information is not used for routing or circuit creation. It's > quite possible that this was discussed as an option, but I'm not aware > of current plans to implement this. > >> I seem to remember (but now cannot find the reference) that the geoip’s have >> been responsible for improving the routing of data or selection of relays >> for circuits. Is this correct and how does this work? > > That's not the case, as far as I can tell. > > (Subsequent questions look like duplicates from an earlier draft, though > with an incorrect number of entries.) > > Hope that helps. > > All the best, > Karsten > > >> The geoip file has 82,363 different Country Code entries listed. >> What do they relate to, as this would far exceed the bridges and >> relays? >> >> I seem to remember (but now cannot find the reference) that the >> geoip’s have been responsible for improving the routing of data or >> selection of relays for circuits. Is this correct and how does this >> work? >> >> >> https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob/HEAD:/src/config/geoip >> >> The first few lines tell you how this file is generated: >> >> # Last updated based on August 7 2014 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country >> # wget >> https://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz >> # gunzip GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz >> # python mmdb-convert.py GeoLite2-Country.mmdb >> >> See also the MaxMind website for details what's contained in their database. >> >> Regarding database size, here's what happens when I compress the geoip file: >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 karsten staff 2.2M Sep 5 21:18 geoip >> -rw-r--r-- 1 karsten staff 678K Sep 5 21:18 geoip.bz2 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 karsten staff 688K Sep 5 21:18 geoip.gz >> -rw-r--r-- 1 karsten staff 402K Sep 5 21:18 geoip.xz >> >> Not sure if this answers all your questions, but maybe it's a start. >> >> All the best, >> Karsten >> -- >> tor-talk mailing list - >> tor-talk@lists.torproject.org<mailto:tor-talk@lists.torproject.org> >> To unsubscribe or change other settings go to >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk >> > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
