Re: [tor-dev] Proposal XXX: FlashFlow: A Secure Speed Test for Tor (Parent Proposal)

2020-04-23 Thread teor
Hi, Thanks for this proposal! I'm looking forward to more secure bandwidth measurements on the Tor network. Overall, this proposal looks good. But I'm particularly concerned about any communication between bandwidth coordinators. Our general principle is that directory authorities should be ind

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal 315: Updating the list of fields required in directory documents

2020-04-23 Thread teor
Hi Nick, This proposal is missing the "bridge" case. Bridges are more complicated, because we have at least 3 kinds of bridges: * bridges distributed by BridgeDB * bridges distributed with apps (such as Tor Browser) * private bridges Bridge option transitions are also more complicated, because c

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal XXX: FlashFlow: A Secure Speed Test for Tor (Parent Proposal)

2020-04-23 Thread Nick Mathewson
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[tor-dev] Proposal XXX: FlashFlow: A Secure Speed Test for Tor (Parent Proposal)

2020-04-23 Thread Matt Traudt
Filename: xxx-flashflow.txt Title: FlashFlow: A Secure Speed Test for Tor (Parent Proposal) Author: Matthew Traudt, Aaron Johnson, Rob Jansen, Mike Perry Created: 23 April 2020 Status: Draft 1. Introduction FlashFlow is a new distributed bandwidth measurement system for Tor that consists of a sin

[tor-dev] Proposal 314: Allow Markdown for proposal format.

2020-04-23 Thread Nick Mathewson
``` Filename: 314-allow-markdown-proposals.md Title: Allow Markdown for proposal format. Author: Nick Mathewson Created: 23 April 2020 Status: Open ``` # Introduction This document proposes a change in our proposal format: to allow Markdown. ## Motivation Many people, particularly researchers,

[tor-dev] Proposal 315: Updating the list of fields required in directory documents

2020-04-23 Thread Nick Mathewson
Filename: 315-update-dir-required-fields.txt Title: Updating the list of fields required in directory documents Author: Nick Mathewson Created: 23 April 2020 Status: Open 1. Introduction When we add a new field to a directory document, we must at first describe it as "optional", since older