[tor-relays] Fallback directory mirror DFRI7 is dead

[teor]

> On 25 Aug 2017, at 09:23, Linus Nordberg <linus at nordberg.se> wrote:
> 
> Hi teor,
> 
> Fallback directory mirror DFRI7 [0] is down, due to multiple disk
> krashes, since about 30h and will not come alive with the same key.
> 
> [0] 171.25.193.131:80 orport=443 id=79861CF8522FC637EF046F7688F5289E49D94576
> 
> A new DFRI7 will appear on the same address and port within a couple of
> days. Should I simply update fallback_dirs.inc?

No need to do anything right away!

We do a fallback refresh every 6-12 months. The list is backported to
0.2.8 and later, and goes out in the next patch release.

I've updated the ticket [1] we're using to track whitelist changes.
There is also a master ticket [2] for the 0.3.2 or 0.3.3 fallback
refresh.

We try to keep 90% of fallbacks available, and we're currently at
about 88% [3]. (The network can cope with 50% of the fallbacks
being down, but it puts load on the authorities.)

So we'll do a refresh [4] some time in the next few months.
It would be great to get it done in September for the 0.3.2 alpha
series [5].

If anyone wants to help generate the list, the instructions are at
[4] in section 3b. (We wrote longer instructions, but they took a lot
of time, without adding much value.)

Tim

[1]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22321#comment:4
[2]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22271
[3]: https://consensus-health.torproject.org/graphs.html
     (Needs JS, SVG)
[4]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/UpdatingFallbackDirectoryMirrors#b.GeneratingtheList
[5]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/NetworkTeam/CoreTorReleases

Tim

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