[tor-bugs] #7044 [Tor]: Use a better compression algorithm for directory stuff

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#7044: Use a better compression algorithm for directory stuff
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 Reporter:  nickm                     |          Owner:                  
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Tor                       |        Version:                  
 Keywords:  tor-relay needs-proposal  |         Parent:                  
   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:                  
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Comment(by nickm):

 xz has its specifications here, allegedly:
 http://tukaani.org/xz/format.html

 bzip2 seems to be less well-specified, but the format is stable and well-
 understood enough to allow over a dozen independent implementations,
 fwict.

 I have audited neither one's implementation; that would need to be part of
 any attempt to come up with a proposal for this.  But keep in that they're
 both fairly widely used for uncompressing fairly untrusted stuff already,
 and seem to have gotten a fair amount of attention.

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