* DB version number?
@ 2021-09-26 20:27 nusenu
2021-09-27 9:02 ` Gisle Vanem
2021-09-27 9:08 ` Peter Müller
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From: nusenu @ 2021-09-26 20:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: location
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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
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https://nusenu.github.io
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* Re: DB version number?
2021-09-26 20:27 DB version number? nusenu
@ 2021-09-27 9:02 ` Gisle Vanem
2021-09-27 9:11 ` Peter Müller
2021-09-27 9:08 ` Peter Müller
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From: Gisle Vanem @ 2021-09-27 9:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: location
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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?
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* Re: DB version number?
2021-09-26 20:27 DB version number? nusenu
2021-09-27 9:02 ` Gisle Vanem
@ 2021-09-27 9:08 ` Peter Müller
2021-09-27 16:37 ` nusenu
1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Peter Müller @ 2021-09-27 9:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: location
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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
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