commit abb5231b2e777c31dd52cd35d55713978cb29384 Author: teor <teor@torproject.org> Date: Thu Jun 27 13:09:41 2019 +1000 doc: Add "who needs these scripts?" to the README Part of 29103. --- README | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 779e9ac..ab8bd2e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,10 +1,20 @@ The Tor Fallback Scripts are used to generate the hard-coded fallback -directory mirror lists for Tor. Tor uses fallback directory mirrors when it -is first installed, to find the rest of the Tor network. It also uses them -when its cached directory documents are very old. +directory mirror lists for Tor. -(Tor protects your privacy on the internet by hiding the connection between -your Internet address and the services you use.) +Who needs to run these scripts? + +You probably don't need to run these scripts. They are used by the Tor +maintainers to produce the tor/src/app/config/fallback_dirs.inc list. +You might want to use them if you are maintaining your own Tor network, +or doing research on Tor. But small Tor networks should run fine without +fallbacks. + +What are Fallback Directory Mirrors? + +Tor protects your privacy on the internet by hiding the connection between +your Internet address and the services you use. Tor uses fallback directory +mirrors when it is first installed, to find the rest of the Tor network. It +also uses them when its cached directory documents are very old. To generate a fallback list using the current whitelist: ./updateFallbackDirs.py