On 5/3/12 8:06 PM, Robert Ransom wrote:
On 5/3/12, Karsten Loesing karsten@torproject.org wrote:
How do we define "similar" and "located where the relay is?" I can see how a relay "bastik1" and a bridge "bastik2" have similar nicknames, but would we also teach a program that "bastikrelay" and "bastikbridge" are similar? And are two IP address in the same, say, /30 located nearby, or is the same /28 or even /24 okay, too?
Interesting.
I'd think there's some similarity between usernames and nicknames, but they're not the same. People make different decisions when picking a username for themselves than when finding nicknames for their relays or bridges. For example, my three relays burning spare bandwidth are named "ene", "mene", and "miste", and my bridge is named "mu"; all names are part of a German variant of "eenie meenie miney mo". I picked these names, both because I lacked creativity to pick better nicknames, but also because I can easily memorize that they belong together. I wouldn't pick usernames this different when registering in online communities.
Sounds like a fun research project to apply their paper to relay/bridge nicknames.
Best, Karsten