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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2010-11-08 14:21:32 -0500 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2011-05-05 20:54:12 -0400 |
| commit | 4cc348e896f74a4e02ef15a77d22fc636b08afae (patch) | |
| tree | b83bf38177b446230ee78363155a804bb4ede10f /changes/microdesc_use | |
| parent | 3df22887a3028318dc34a45984a8a195dfc0c026 (diff) | |
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Code to make clients fetch and use microdescriptors for circuit building
To turn this on, set UseMicrodescriptors to "1" (or "auto" if you
want it on-if-you're-a-client). It should go auto-by-default once
0.2.3.1-alpha is released.
Because of our node logic, directory caches will never use
microdescriptors when they have the right routerinfo available.
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/changes/microdesc_use b/changes/microdesc_use new file mode 100644 index 000000000..89faf7c5f --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/microdesc_use @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ + o Major features + - Clients can now use microdescriptors instead of regular descriptors + to build circuits. Microdescriptors are authority-generated and + -authenticated summaries of regular descriptors' contents, designed + to change very rarely. This feature is designed to save bandwidth, + especially for clients on slow internet connections. It's off + by default for now, since nearly no caches support it, but it will + be on-by-default for clients in a future version. You can use the + UseMicrodescriptors option to turn it on. + |