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authorteor <teor2345@gmail.com>2017-12-23 00:00:18 +1100
committerteor <teor2345@gmail.com>2017-12-23 00:01:31 +1100
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Make the default DirAuthorityFallbackRate 0.1
This makes clients on the public tor network prefer to bootstrap off fallback directory mirrors. This is a follow-up to 24679, which removed weights from the default fallbacks. Implements ticket 24681.
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@@ -432,7 +432,8 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
When configured to use both directory authorities and fallback
directories, the directory authorities also work as fallbacks. They are
chosen with their regular weights, multiplied by this number, which
- should be 1.0 or less. (Default: 1.0)
+ should be 1.0 or less. The default is less than 1, to reduce load on
+ authorities. (Default: 0.1)
[[AlternateDirAuthority]] **AlternateDirAuthority** [__nickname__] [**flags**] __address__:__port__ __fingerprint__ +