[tor-commits] [tor/master] Turn on microdescriptors for clients

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Mon Jul 18 21:57:11 UTC 2011


commit b49e561f01bc84ee215895261390eb435ad31c8d
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 11 16:54:43 2011 -0400

    Turn on microdescriptors for clients
---
 changes/microdescs_on |    5 +++++
 src/or/config.c       |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/microdescs_on b/changes/microdescs_on
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8299c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/microdescs_on
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Major features:
+    - The microdescriptor system is now on by default for clients. This
+      allows clients to use Tor while downloading a much smaller amount
+      of directory information. To disable it, set "UseMicrodescriptors 0"
+      in your torrc file.
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index 4a9d2c9..fef1454 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static config_var_t _option_vars[] = {
   V(UpdateBridgesFromAuthority,  BOOL,     "0"),
   V(UseBridges,                  BOOL,     "0"),
   V(UseEntryGuards,              BOOL,     "1"),
-  V(UseMicrodescriptors,         AUTOBOOL, "0"),
+  V(UseMicrodescriptors,         AUTOBOOL, "auto"),
   V(User,                        STRING,   NULL),
   VAR("V1AuthoritativeDirectory",BOOL, V1AuthoritativeDir,   "0"),
   VAR("V2AuthoritativeDirectory",BOOL, V2AuthoritativeDir,   "0"),





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