Prop 311: 4.4.1. Extend IPv6 From All Supported Second-Last Hops
This is an optional change.
This change has a zero points estimate, because I think it is the fastest way of implementing legacy/trac#33222. (The alternative design requires creating different circuit types for IPv4 and IPv6 reachability checks.)
4.4.1. Extend IPv6 From All Supported Second-Last Hops
The testing relay (or bridge) puts both IPv4 and IPv6 ORPorts in its final
extend cell, and the receiving ORPort is selected at random by the
extending relay (see sections 3.2.1 and 4.2). Therefore, approximately half
of IPv6 ORPort reachability circuits will actually end up confirming IPv4
ORPort reachability.
We propose this optional change, to improve the rate of IPv6 ORPort
reachability checks:
If the second-last hop of an IPv4 ORPort reachability circuit supports IPv6
extends, testing relays may put the IPv4 and IPv6 ORPorts in the extend
cell for the final extend.
As the number of relays that support IPv6 extends increases, this change
will increase the number of IPv6 reachability confirmations. In the ideal
case, where the entire network supports IPv4 and IPv6 extends, IPv4 and IPv6
ORPort reachability checks would require a similar number of circuits.
See proposal 311, section 4.4.1:
https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/311-relay-ipv6-reachability.txt#n439
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