commit 60cec021a3ec4fa79c14dbe087578dc95c225f09 Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Fri Jul 20 18:26:22 2012 -0400
Cleanups of typos found by arma --- proposals/205-local-dnscache.txt | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/proposals/205-local-dnscache.txt b/proposals/205-local-dnscache.txt index c0e19e5..e25e456 100644 --- a/proposals/205-local-dnscache.txt +++ b/proposals/205-local-dnscache.txt @@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ Status: Open And even if the exit node is honest, having a cached DNS result can cause Tor clients to build their future circuits distinguishably: the exit on any subsequent circuit can tell whether the client knew - the IP for the address yet or not. + the IP for the address yet or not. Further, if the site's DNS + provides different answers to clients from different parts of the + world, then the client's cached choice of IP will reveal where it + first learned about the website.
So client-side DNS caching needs to go away.
@@ -55,8 +58,8 @@ Status: Open Microdescriptor-based clients have already dropped the ability to track which nodes declare which exit policies, without much ill effect. As we go forward, I think that remembering the IP address - of each request so that we can match it to exit policies will even - less effective, especially if proposals to allow AS-based exit + of each request so that we can match it to exit policies will be + even less effective, especially if proposals to allow AS-based exit policies can succeed.
2.3. What about exit enclaves? @@ -64,8 +67,9 @@ Status: Open Exit enclaves are already borken. They need to move towards a cross-certification solution where a node advertises that it can exit to a hostname or domain X.Y.Z, and a signed record at X.Y.Z - advertises that . That's out-of-scope for this proposal, except to - note that nothing proposed here keeps that design from working. + advertises that the node is an enclave exit for X.Y.Z. That's + out-of-scope for this proposal, except to note that nothing + proposed here keeps that design from working.
2.4. What about address mapping?
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ Status: Open
Where 'map' is the union of all mapping entries derived from the controller, the configuration file, trackhostexits maps, - virtual-address mps, DNS replies, and so on. + virtual-address maps, DNS replies, and so on.
With this design, the DNS cache will not be part of the address map. That means that entries in the address map which relied on