Hi,
I use the location database for OrNetStats [1] a website that shows information about the tor network and it's operators and relays.
[1] https://nusenu.github.io/OrNetStats/
For transparency and archive purposes I'd like to show the location database version that has been used for the AS number and name lookups on the website.
Is there a versioning scheme of the DB? if so: How do I retrieve the version of the db file? Or is this timestamp the best bet?
location update libloc: loc_discover_latest_version: Could not query _v1._db.location.ipfire.org: Downloaded new database from Sun, 26 Sep 2021 05:52:59 GMT
I'm not looking for the version of the tool itself (which is shown via location --version ).
kind regards, nusenu
nusenu wrote:
Is there a versioning scheme of the DB? if so: How do I retrieve the version of the db file? Or is this timestamp the best bet?
Yes; no version-info AFAICS. You can use the function 'loc_discover_latest_version()' which does the same as this command: dig -t txt _v1._db.location.ipfire.org
giving: ;; ANSWER SECTION: _v1._db.location.ipfire.org. 284 IN TXT "Mon, 27 Sep 2021 05:47:57 GMT"
location update libloc: loc_discover_latest_version: Could not query _v1._db.location.ipfire.org:
Why does this fail?
Hi Gisle,
location update libloc: loc_discover_latest_version: Could not query _v1._db.location.ipfire.org:
Why does this fail?
just guessing: nusenu might have ran this command inside a Tor-ified environment, and Tor does not support resolving TXT records, just A and AAAA.
Thanks, and best regards, Peter Müller
location update libloc: loc_discover_latest_version: Could not query _v1._db.location.ipfire.org:
Why does this fail?
just guessing: nusenu might have ran this command inside a Tor-ified environment, and Tor does not support resolving TXT records, just A and AAAA.
correct :)
Hi nusenu,
For transparency and archive purposes I'd like to show the location database version that has been used for the AS number and name lookups on the website.
that's a good idea. Actually, I am missing this information on https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html as well - it appears as they still use an outdated location database there, but I don't know which one.
Is there a versioning scheme of the DB? if so: How do I retrieve the version of the db file? Or is this timestamp the best bet?
Yes, there is a scheme for the database _format_ (currently set to "1"), in case we need to change that somewhere in the future. The versioning scheme for the database _contents_ is a simple timestamp, and the output of "location version" is based on the database on your filesystem (not the most recent one on the servers):
$ location version Mon, 27 Sep 2021 05:47:57 GMT
I'm not looking for the version of the tool itself (which is shown via location --version ).
Yes, that is unfortunately kinda confusing... :-)
Thanks, and best regards, Peter Müller
$ location version Mon, 27 Sep 2021 05:47:57 GMT
Oh, I didn't know about this feature since it is not documented in the man page, but great to see that it exists. It fits my use-case very well!
thanks, nusenu
Hi nusenu,
Oh, I didn't know about this feature since it is not documented in the man page, but great to see that it exists. It fits my use-case very well!
*sigh* this is undocumented indeed. Bug #12698 (https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12698) has been raised for fixing this.
Thanks, and best regards, Peter Müller
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