Vidalia network map should distinguish circuit types
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In Vidalia's network map we show circuits that Tor is building. That's great, but there are cases where it confuses users. In particular, some Tor circuits are 1-hop (for fetching directory information but also using a layer of encryption), and some are internal (for everything other than attaching exit streams). Many users are concerned by the one-hop circuits they see (thinking that Tor is planning to use them for exit streams), and a smaller but still significant number of users set ExcludeExitNodes and then freak out when Tor uses that node as the last hop in an internal (non-exit) circuit. I think both cases would be partially resolved by having Vidalia present the circuit list more clearly.
How would we do this? One option would be a "type" column in the circuit listing, where we describe each circuit as "directory", "exit", or "internal". Another option would be to have separate rows in the circuit listing: put all the exit circuits at the top under the heading "exit circuits", then "internal circuits" and the list of internal circuits, then finally all the 1-hop directory circuits with their own heading. I like option 2 slightly better. I wonder if there are still better approaches?
Vidalia can learn the circuit purpose via the controlport, from the (alas undocumented) "PURPOSE=" argument in circuit status. But I think we don't export other flags, like "build_state->onehop_tunnel". We should first change Tor so it exports these flags in a more usable way.
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