Experimental simulation prototype for guard selection algorithm

This is an end-of-october deliverable. Let's take the results of #17261 (moved) and make them into a python prototype that we can run experiments on. Forcing us to be concrete in this way will help us get a better plan.

changed milestone to %Tor: unspecified

added component::core tor/tor milestone::Tor: unspecified owner::nickm points::3 priority::high prop259 resolution::fixed severity::normal status::closed tor-guard tor-guards-revamp type::defect labels

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Dropped the start of some simulation code at https://github.com/nmathewson/guardsim . It is neither quite accurate nor quite enough, and I suspect it's not quite right either. Still it is a start.

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Cc: isis to isis, brade, mcs

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Priority: Medium to High

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The latest code is in my develop branch. I think this is mostly done, as in "we could start writing the C implementation now".

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Status: assigned to needs_review

I've merged it to my master branch. As many folks as possible should start looking it over soon IMNSHO

Removing this from the 0.2.8.x milestone.

This is not a 0.2.8.x deliverable and it's not even a little-t-tor ticket. We are still not sure which guard algorithm to implement in Tor, and guardsim should help us with this.

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Milestone: Tor: 0.2.8.x-final to Tor: 0.2.???

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Sponsor: SponsorU to SponsorU-must

We need this prototype done in order to be able to build the algorithm in Tor.

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Reviewer: N/A to N/A
Keywords: TorCoreTeam201510 deleted, TorCoreTeam201604 added
Milestone: Tor: 0.2.??? to Tor: 0.2.9.x-final
Status: needs_review to needs_revision

These are all prop259-related.

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Changing to May tag, and assigning myself as the owner because that's probably closer to the truth than isis.

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Owner: isis to asn
Status: needs_revision to assigned

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Status: assigned to needs_revision
Keywords: TorCoreTeam201604 deleted, TorCoreTeam201605 added

Replying to asn:

Changing to May tag, and assigning myself as the owner because that's probably closer to the truth than isis.

Thanks! I still have it on my list of things to do to review the implementation the ThoughtWorks team was working on, if you still want help with that.

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Points: medium to 3

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FWIW, this is the simulation prototype of prop259 in python by the thoughtworks team: https://github.com/twstrike/tor_guardsim

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Summary: Experimental prototype for guard selection algorithm to Experimental simulation prototype for guard selection algorithm

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Cc: isis, brade, mcs to isis, brade, mcs, asn

Deferring big/risky-feature things (even the ones I really love!) to 0.3.0. Please argue if I'm wrong.

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Keywords: N/A deleted, nickm-deferred-20161005 added
Milestone: Tor: 0.2.9.x-final to Tor: 0.3.0.x-final

Removed myself from owner as it's no longer clear whether we will simulate prop271, and in any case I doubt I'm going to do the simulation here. Feel free to assign it someone else.

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Status: needs_revision to assigned
Owner: asn to N/A

Triaged out on December 2016 from 030 to 031.

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Milestone: Tor: 0.3.0.x-final to Tor: 0.3.1.x-final

Clear sponsorS and sponsorU from open tickets in 0.3.1

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Sponsor: SponsorU-must to N/A

Move "assigned" items with no owner from 031 to unspecified

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Owner: N/A to nickm
Milestone: Tor: 0.3.1.x-final to Tor: unspecified

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Keywords: nickm-deferred-20161005 deleted, N/A added

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We did this as part of the prop271 work. We can and should update it, but that's a separte issue.

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Status: assigned to closed
Resolution: N/A to fixed

closed

changed time estimate to 24h

mentioned in issue #19364 (moved)

moved to tpo/core/tor#17262 (closed)

mentioned in issue tpo/core/tor#19364 (closed)