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authorMike Perry <mikeperry-git@fscked.org>2009-07-13 19:21:00 -0700
committerMike Perry <mikeperry-git@fscked.org>2009-08-06 11:48:03 -0700
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Update dir-spec.txt to describe w line.
"Measured=" is present in votes regardless of consensus method.
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diff --git a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt
index 0a3b0c11bc..4bec7b00d0 100644
--- a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt
@@ -1029,13 +1029,20 @@
descriptors if they would cause "v" lines to be over 128 characters
long.
- "w" SP "Bandwidth=" INT NL
+ "w" SP "Bandwidth=" INT [SP "Measured=" INT] NL
[At most once.]
An estimate of the bandwidth of this server, in an arbitrary
unit (currently kilobytes per second). Used to weight router
- selection. Other weighting keywords may be added later.
+ selection.
+
+ Additionally, the Measured= keyword is present in votes by
+ participating bandwidth measurement authorites to indicate
+ a measured bandwidth currently produced by measuring stream
+ capacities.
+
+ Other weighting keywords may be added later.
Clients MUST ignore keywords they do not recognize.
"p" SP ("accept" / "reject") SP PortList NL
@@ -1178,6 +1185,13 @@
rate limit from the router descriptor. It is given in kilobytes
per second, and capped at some arbitrary value (currently 10 MB/s).
+ The Measured= keyword on a "w" line vote is currently computed
+ by multiplying the previous published consensus bandwidth by the
+ ratio of the measured average node stream capacity to the network
+ average. If 3 or more authorities provide a Measured= keyword for
+ a router, the authorites produce a consensus containing a "w"
+ Bandwidth= keyword equal to the median of the Measured= votes.
+
The ports listed in a "p" line should be taken as those ports for
which the router's exit policy permits 'most' addresses, ignoring any
accept not for all addresses, ignoring all rejects for private
@@ -1260,6 +1274,11 @@
one, breaking ties in favor of the lexicographically larger
vote.) The port list is encoded as specified in 3.4.2.
+ * If consensus-method 6 or later is in use and if 3 or more
+ authorities provide a Measured= keyword in their votes for
+ a router, the authorities produce a consensus containing a
+ Bandwidth= keyword equal to the median of the Measured= votes.
+
The signatures at the end of a consensus document are sorted in
ascending order by identity digest.
@@ -1280,6 +1299,7 @@
"3" -- Added legacy ID key support to aid in authority ID key rollovers
"4" -- No longer list routers that are not running in the consensus
"5" -- adds support for "w" and "p" lines.
+ "6" -- Prefers measured bandwidth values rather than advertised
Before generating a consensus, an authority must decide which consensus
method to use. To do this, it looks for the highest version number