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diff --git a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt index ccdf08798a..2920aef6ce 100644 --- a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt +++ b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt @@ -1086,6 +1086,12 @@ $Id$ supported by more than 2/3 of the authorities voting. If it supports this method, then it uses it. Otherwise, it falls back to method 1. + (The consensuses generated by new methods must be parsable by + implementations that only understand the old methods, and must not cause + those implementations to compromise their anonymity. This is a means for + making changes in the contents of consensus; not for making + backward-incompatible changes in their format.) + 3.5. Detached signatures Assuming full connectivity, every authority should compute and sign the |