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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2007-10-23 00:23:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2007-10-23 00:23:32 +0000 |
| commit | eba143611b70d287b3efb95f2261a57274533af9 (patch) | |
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r16053@catbus: nickm | 2007-10-22 20:20:23 -0400
Note that consensus-method is not a means for making backward-incompatible format changes. Because any point that confuses Roger will *definitely* confuse many non-Roger readers of dir-spec.txt ;)
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diff --git a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt index ccdf08798a..2920aef6ce 100644 --- a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt +++ b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt @@ -1086,6 +1086,12 @@ $Id$ supported by more than 2/3 of the authorities voting. If it supports this method, then it uses it. Otherwise, it falls back to method 1. + (The consensuses generated by new methods must be parsable by + implementations that only understand the old methods, and must not cause + those implementations to compromise their anonymity. This is a means for + making changes in the contents of consensus; not for making + backward-incompatible changes in their format.) + 3.5. Detached signatures Assuming full connectivity, every authority should compute and sign the |