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diff --git a/changes/feature15775-fallback b/changes/feature15775-fallback new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..567d01cc72 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/feature15775-fallback @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ + o Major features (directory mirrors): + - Include an opt-in trial list of Default Fallback Directories in + add_default_fallback_dir_servers(). + "Tor has included a feature to fetch the initial consensus from nodes + other than the authorities for a while now. We just haven't shipped a + list of alternate locations for clients to go to yet. + Reasons why we might want to ship tor with a list of additional places + where clients can find the consensus is that it makes authority + reachability and BW less important. + We want them to have been around and using their current key, address, + and port for a while now (120 days), and have been running, a guard, + and a v2 directory mirror for most of that time." + We exclude BadExits and tor versions that aren't recommended. + We include an IPv6 address for each FallbackDir (#8374). + (Tor might not use IPv6 fallbacks until #6027 is merged.) + The unit test ensures that we successfully load all included + default fallback directories. + Closes ticket #15775. Patch by "teor". + OnionOO script by "weasel", "teor", "gsathya", and "karsten". |