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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2018-04-16 14:36:24 -0400
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2018-04-16 14:36:24 -0400
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Change the oldest-allowed consensus method to 25.
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diff --git a/dir-spec.txt b/dir-spec.txt
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@@ -2793,6 +2793,9 @@
* If consensus-method 24 or later is in use, then routers that
do not have the Valid flag are not listed at all.
+ [ As of 0.3.4.1-alpha, authorities no longer advertise or negotiate
+ any consensus methods lower than 25. ]
+
* If consensus-method 25 or later is in use, then we vote
on recommended-protocols and required-protocols lines in the
consensus. We also include protocols lines in routerstatus
@@ -2899,11 +2902,11 @@
method that it supports (which will probably not result in a sufficiently
signed consensus).
- All authorities MUST support method 13; authorities SHOULD support
+ All authorities MUST support method 25; authorities SHOULD support
more recent methods as well. Authorities SHOULD NOT support or
- advertise support for any method before 13. Clients MAY assume that
+ advertise support for any method before 25. Clients MAY assume that
they will never see a current valid signed consensus for any method
- before method 13.
+ before method 25.
(The consensuses generated by new methods must be parsable by
implementations that only understand the old methods, and must not cause