commit df2b04bf5b011cb46c603366e9e3cce34b2fbcaa Author: Matt Traudt sirmatt@ksu.edu Date: Wed Oct 26 21:05:18 2016 -0400

Be more specific about consensus method 26 changes. --- dir-spec.txt | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dir-spec.txt b/dir-spec.txt index 5ea0242..73eca11 100644 --- a/dir-spec.txt +++ b/dir-spec.txt @@ -2614,8 +2614,11 @@ The following methods have incorrect implementations; authorities SHOULD

Let weight_scale = 10000

- Starting with consensus method 26, G, M, E, and D are initialized to 1. - Prior consensus methods initialize them to 0. + Starting with consensus method 26, G, M, E, and D are initialized to 1 and + T to 4. Prior consensus methods initialize them all to 0. With this change, + test tor networks that are small or new are much more likely to produce + bandwidth-weights in their consensus. The extra bandwidth has a negligible + impact on the bandwidth weights in the public tor network.

Let G be the total bandwidth for Guard-flagged nodes. Let M be the total bandwidth for non-flagged nodes.