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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2012-09-10 18:13:28 -0400
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2012-12-06 11:28:49 -0500
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New FallbackDir option to add extra directories for bootstraping
This replaces the old FallbackConsensus notion, and should provide a way -- assuming we pick reasonable nodes! -- to give clients suggestions of placs to go to get their first consensus.
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**DataDirectory** __DIR__::
Store working data in DIR (Default: @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/tor)
+**FallbackDir** __address__:__port__ orport=__port__ id=__fingerprint__::
+ When we're unable to connect to any directory cache for directory info
+ (usually because we don't know about any yet) we try a FallbackDir.
+ By default, the directory authorities are also FallbackDirs.
+
**DirAuthority** [__nickname__] [**flags**] __address__:__port__ __fingerprint__::
Use a nonstandard authoritative directory server at the provided address
and port, with the specified key fingerprint. This option can be repeated