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diff --git a/doc/spec/proposals/149-using-netinfo-data.txt b/doc/spec/proposals/149-using-netinfo-data.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 8bf8375d5d..0000000000 --- a/doc/spec/proposals/149-using-netinfo-data.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,42 +0,0 @@ -Filename: 149-using-netinfo-data.txt -Title: Using data from NETINFO cells -Author: Nick Mathewson -Created: 2-Jul-2008 -Status: Open -Target: 0.2.1.x - -Overview - - Current Tor versions send signed IP and timestamp information in - NETINFO cells, but don't use them to their fullest. This proposal - describes how they should start using this info in 0.2.1.x. - -Motivation - - Our directory system relies on clients and routers having - reasonably accurate clocks to detect replayed directory info, and - to set accurate timestamps on directory info they publish - themselves. NETINFO cells contain timestamps. - - Also, the directory system relies on routers having a reasonable - idea of their own IP addresses, so they can publish correct - descriptors. This is also in NETINFO cells. - -Learning the time and IP address - - We need to think about attackers here. Just because a router tells - us that we have a given IP or a given clock skew doesn't mean that - it's true. We believe this information only if we've heard it from - a majority of the routers we've connected to recently, including at - least 3 routers. Routers only believe this information if the - majority includes at least one authority. - -Avoiding MITM attacks - - Current Tors use the IP addresses published in the other router's - NETINFO cells to see whether the connection is "canonical". Right - now, we prefer to extend circuits over "canonical" connections. In - 0.2.1.x, we should refuse to extend circuits over non-canonical - connections without first trying to build a canonical one. - - |