commit fdc8f3e8c627cbd35c501f77cf81ebcaea70a3a6 Author: teor teor2345@gmail.com Date: Tue Oct 17 22:32:31 2017 -0400
Add consensus method 27, which adds IPv6 addresses to the micro consensus
Documents #23826. --- dir-spec.txt | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dir-spec.txt b/dir-spec.txt index 846f7a9..7b636c4 100644 --- a/dir-spec.txt +++ b/dir-spec.txt @@ -2386,8 +2386,10 @@ * the router advertises at least one IPv6 ORPort, and * AuthDirHasIPv6Connectivity 1 is set on the authority. A minority of voting authorities that set AuthDirHasIPv6Connectivity will - drop unreachable IPv6 addresses from the full consensus. But they can not - drop IPv6 addresses from microdescriptors. + drop unreachable IPv6 ORPorts from the full consensus. But they can not + drop IPv6 ORPorts from microdescriptors. Consensus method 27 in 0.3.3.x + puts IPv6 ORPorts in the microdesc consensus, so that authorities can + drop unreachable IPv6 ORPorts from all consensus flavours.
"Stable" -- A router is 'Stable' if it is active, and either its Weighted MTBF is at least the median for known active routers or its Weighted MTBF @@ -2712,6 +2714,9 @@ bandwith weights to 1 in our calculations, to avoid division-by-zero errors on unusual networks.
+ * If consensus method 27 or later is used, the microdesc consensus + may include an "a" line for each router, listing an IPv6 OR port. + The signatures at the end of a consensus document are sorted in ascending order by identity digest.
@@ -2793,6 +2798,7 @@ "24" -- No longer lists routers that are not Valid in the consensus. "25" -- Vote on recommended-protocols and required-protocols. "26" -- Initialize bandwidth weights to 1 to avoid division-by-zero. + "27" -- Adds support for "a" lines in microdescriptor consensues.
Before generating a consensus, an authority must decide which consensus method to use. To do this, it looks for the highest version number @@ -3083,10 +3089,11 @@
[Any number]
- IPv6 ORPorts are contained in microdescriptors and therefore omitted - in the microdescriptor consensus. + Identical to the "r" lines in section 3.4.1.
- Not currently generated. + (Only included when the vote is generated with consensus-method 14 + or later, and the consensus is generated with consensus-method 27 or + later.)
"p" ... NL