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| author | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2003-10-24 03:39:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2003-10-24 03:39:14 +0000 |
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directories are signed so they can be cached elsewhere
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diff --git a/doc/tor-design.tex b/doc/tor-design.tex index 2954f01ef..f5ea21b68 100644 --- a/doc/tor-design.tex +++ b/doc/tor-design.tex @@ -679,6 +679,12 @@ the shared directory is straightforward, and is described in the Tor specification \cite{tor-spec}. % we should, uh, add this to the spec. oh, and write it. -RD +Because the directories are signed, they can be cached at all the other +onion routers (or even elsewhere). Thus directory servers are not a +performance bottleneck when we have many users, and also they won't +aid traffic analysis by forcing clients to periodically announce their +existence to any central point. + \Section{Rendezvous points: location privacy} \label{sec:rendezvous} |