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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2012-09-10 18:13:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2012-12-06 11:28:49 -0500 |
| commit | 90f6071d8dc0c23c0a2e7713ae1bba5ef44d09c2 (patch) | |
| tree | d7e7f39a1392285f6b233267f2f2cadd177ab95f /changes | |
| parent | 46a62e3256e078866c68e119d1da2afdb10a8306 (diff) | |
| download | tor-90f6071d8dc0c23c0a2e7713ae1bba5ef44d09c2.tar.gz tor-90f6071d8dc0c23c0a2e7713ae1bba5ef44d09c2.zip | |
New FallbackDir option to add extra directories for bootstraping
This replaces the old FallbackConsensus notion, and should provide a
way -- assuming we pick reasonable nodes! -- to give clients
suggestions of placs to go to get their first consensus.
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diff --git a/changes/fallback_dirsource b/changes/fallback_dirsource new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..61db81bf26 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/fallback_dirsource @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ + o Major features: + - Add a new FallbackDir option to use when we can't use a directory + from the consensus (either because we lack a consensus, or because + they're all down). Currently, all authorities are fallbacks by + default, and there are no other default fallbacks, but that will + change. This option will allow us to give clients a longer list + of servers to try to get a consensus from when first connecting + to the Tor network, and thereby reduce load on the directory + authorities. |