[tor-bugs] #2701 [Tor Client]: Censors have blocked the Tor directory servers

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#2701: Censors have blocked the Tor directory servers
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 Reporter:  mikeperry   |          Owner:     
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  major       |      Milestone:     
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:     
 Keywords:              |         Parent:     
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:     
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 One fix for this is to devise a way to distribute a fallback-consensus of
 just trusted, super-stable dirrectory mirrors. Currently, it appears as if
 this fallback-consnsus must actually be signed by the authorities before
 it will be used for this (or any other) purpose. We should figure out a
 way to work with this, or around it.

 This is not just for this case of censorship, but also for #2655 and DoS
 resistance.

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