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Torel spec patch from tup.


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@ -54,15 +54,17 @@ How?
The DNS interface
Standard DNSEL, if I understand right, looks like this: There's some host
at foo.example.com. You want to know if 1.2.3.4 is in the list, so you
query for an A record for 4.3.2.1.foo.example.com. If the record exists,
1.2.3.4 is in the list. If you get an NXDOMAIN error, 1.2.3.4 is not in
the list.
Standard DNSEL, if I understand right, looks like this: There's some
authoritative name server for foo.example.com. You want to know if
1.2.3.4 is in the list, so you query for an A record for
4.3.2.1.foo.example.com. If the record exists and has the value
127.0.0.2[DNSBL-EMAIL], 1.2.3.4 is in the list. If you get an NXDOMAIN
error, 1.2.3.4 is not in the list. If you ask for a domain name outside
of the foo.example.com zone, you get a Server Failure error[RFC 1035].
Assume that the DNSEL sits at some host, torhosts.example.com. Below
are some queries that could be supported, though some of them are
possibly a bad idea.
Assume that the DNSEL answers queries authoritatively for some zone,
torhosts.example.com. Below are some queries that could be supported,
though some of them are possibly a bad idea.
Query type 1: "General IP:Port"
@ -72,12 +74,12 @@ The DNS interface
Rule:
Iff {IP1} is a Tor server that permits connections to {port} on
{IP2}, then there should be an A record.
{IP2}, then there should be an A record with the value 127.0.0.2.
Example:
"1.0.0.10.80.4.3.2.1.ip-port.torhosts.example.com" should exist
if and only if there is a Tor server at 10.0.0.1 that allows
connections to port 80 on 1.2.3.4.
"1.0.0.10.80.4.3.2.1.ip-port.torhosts.example.com" should have the
value 127.0.0.2 if and only if there is a Tor server at 10.0.0.1
that allows connections to port 80 on 1.2.3.4.
Example use:
I'm running an IRC server at w.x.y.z:9999, and I want to tell
@ -154,6 +156,11 @@ Web interface:
Other issues:
After a Tor server op turns off their server, it stops publishing server
descriptors. We should consider that server's IP address to still
represent a Tor node until 48 hours after its last descriptor was
published.
30-60 minutes is not an unreasonable TTL.
There could be some demand for address masks and port lists. Address
@ -164,3 +171,11 @@ Other issues:
to launch periodic requests to itself through all exit servers whose
policies allow it -- and then see where the requests actually come from.
References:
[DNSBL-EMAIL] Levine, J., "DNS Based Blacklists and Whitelists for
E-Mail", http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-irtf-asrg-dnsbl-02, November
2005.
[RFC 1035] Mockapetris, P., "Domain Names - Implementation and
Specification", RFC 1035, November 1987.