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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2020-09-17 10:59:09 -0400 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2020-09-17 10:59:09 -0400 |
| commit | c2e507b42a64b554db5936f481e9b5ca54ef13c7 (patch) | |
| tree | 732b81c51ba3fa35a4caca08cec80a7bc45986a4 /dir-spec.txt | |
| parent | 01122c5bd7d2f0fbb45991dcdddede30a358130f (diff) | |
| download | torspec-c2e507b42a64b554db5936f481e9b5ca54ef13c7.tar.gz torspec-c2e507b42a64b554db5936f481e9b5ca54ef13c7.zip | |
Clarify routerdesc expiration.
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| -rw-r--r-- | dir-spec.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/dir-spec.txt b/dir-spec.txt index 74493ad..ac0cc41 100644 --- a/dir-spec.txt +++ b/dir-spec.txt @@ -3789,12 +3789,11 @@ failure count. Clients retain the most recent descriptor they have downloaded for each - router so long as it is not too old (currently, 48 hours), OR so long as - no better descriptor has been downloaded for the same router. - - [Versions of Tor before 0.1.2.3-alpha would discard descriptors simply for - being published too far in the past.] [The code seems to discard - descriptors in all cases after they're 5 days old. True? -RD] + router so long as it is listed in the consensus. If it is not listed, + they keep it so long as it is not too old (currently, ROUTER_MAX_AGE=48 + hours) and no better router descriptor has been downloaded for the same + relay. Caches retain descriptors until they are at least + OLD_ROUTER_DESC_MAX_AGE=5 days old. Clients which chose to download the microdescriptor consensus instead of the general consensus must download the referenced microdescriptors |