[tor-bugs] #572 [Tor Client]: fallback-consensus file impractical to use
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#572: fallback-consensus file impractical to use
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Reporter: arma | Type: enhancement
Status: needs_review | Priority: major
Milestone: Tor: 0.2.4.x-final | Component: Tor Client
Version: 0.2.0.9-alpha | Resolution: None
Keywords: performance bootstrap dirauth-dos-resistance | Parent: #2664
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by nickm):
Replying to [comment:28 mikeperry]:
> Ok, I reviewed this, but a couple more comments/questions:
>
> 1. Making the dirauths also fallback dir mirrors might complicate with
how we want to handle #4483. I think we want to be able to say "attempt to
get the consensus from D dirauths and M fallback mirrors" somehow. See
comment 5 there for details. It looks like we can still the inspect
dir_server_t is_authority flag to get this done, but that might be a
reason for keeping them in fully disjoint lists instead? Or maybe not,
since it's not the common case...
I think it's pretty easy to tweak the rules for what frequency trusted
authorities get picked when we're looking for fallback mirrors. I think
that while the design for #4483 is still in progress (and IMO maybe in
need of a proposal), it'd be fine to merge this with the idea that we
might need to tweak it some later.
> 2. Can you add an example fallback dirserver line in the comments for
add_default_fallback_dir_servers()? It looks like a subset of the dirauth
line syntax is acceptable, but an example would be great.
Good idea. I'll add one once we know that we want to have fallback dir
servers. :) For now, the manpage should be pretty much what you want. (I
hope I added a manpage entry or wow will that last sentence sound stupid.)
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