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-rw-r--r--changes/microdescs_on5
-rw-r--r--src/or/config.c2
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/changes/microdescs_on b/changes/microdescs_on
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8299c1dacf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/microdescs_on
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ o Major features:
+ - The microdescriptor system is now on by default for clients. This
+ allows clients to use Tor while downloading a much smaller amount
+ of directory information. To disable it, set "UseMicrodescriptors 0"
+ in your torrc file.
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index cdf0122f75..c6dd4673aa 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static config_var_t _option_vars[] = {
V(UpdateBridgesFromAuthority, BOOL, "0"),
V(UseBridges, BOOL, "0"),
V(UseEntryGuards, BOOL, "1"),
- V(UseMicrodescriptors, AUTOBOOL, "0"),
+ V(UseMicrodescriptors, AUTOBOOL, "auto"),
V(User, STRING, NULL),
VAR("V1AuthoritativeDirectory",BOOL, V1AuthoritativeDir, "0"),
VAR("V2AuthoritativeDirectory",BOOL, V2AuthoritativeDir, "0"),