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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2003-11-04 08:16:25 +0000
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2003-11-04 08:16:25 +0000
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Move (nonwritten) discussion of path selection
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@@ -662,7 +662,6 @@ $K_2 = g^{x_2 y_2}$.
To extend the circuit to a third node or beyond, Alice
proceeds as above, always telling the last node in the circuit to
extend one hop further.
-% XXX Briefly mention path selection and path length.
This circuit-level handshake protocol achieves unilateral entity
authentication (Alice knows she's handshaking with the OR, but
@@ -1707,6 +1706,10 @@ too-frequent updates the directory servers are overloaded.
%[XXX Choosing paths and path lengths: I'm not writing this bit till
% Arma's pathselection stuff is in. -NM]
+%Alice always chooses her path to contain at least
+%three nodes unrelated to herself and her destination, choosing the
+%number of nodes beyond the third from a geometric distribution;
+%explain why. -NM
%%%% Roger said that he'd put a path selection paragraph into section
%%%% 4 that would replace this.