> On Nov 21, 2014, at 9:39 AM, George Kadianakis <desnac...@riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> I also believe that some of these extra stats (e.g. "How many
> failures/anomalies do we observe?") should first be done on a privnet
> instead of the real network. That can give us some preliminary
> results, and then we can consider doing them on the real
> network. Maybe we can also have some privnet stats by January.

I think this is a great idea. While we might not learn (at first) the absolute 
number of failures that occur in the *real* network, we will at least be able 
to say things about the *fraction* of requests that fail. That can be collected 
in a large ShadowTor network.

In fact, I would advocate implementing the collection of all of the stats that 
Aaron has requested; for those stats that still need some security analysis 
before people are convinced, we can enable those in TestingTorNetwork mode for 
now. If they are blessed, collecting them in “normal” mode becomes easier.

In fact, might we also consider doing this for even more of the statistics from 
the etherpad (the ones that make sense for privnets)? I suppose at some point 
there will exist an implementation bottleneck, but being able to say as much as 
possible in January - even if it is only from privnet stats - is a win. We can 
then hope to be able to say more about the real network by the following 
deadline.

-Rob
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