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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2007-02-20 23:22:27 +0000
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2007-02-20 23:22:27 +0000
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r12275@Kushana: nickm | 2007-02-20 13:09:14 -0500
Note migration plan change for 104 from conversation with arma. svn:r9605
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@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ Proposal:
One possible solution here is that routers should generate and upload a
short-form and long-form descriptor. Only the short-form descriptor should
ever be used by anybody for routing. The long-form descriptor should be
- used only for analytics and other tools. (If we allowed people to route with
- long descriptors, we'd have to ensure that they stayed in sync with the
- short ones somehow.) We can ensure that the short descriptors are used by
- only recommending those in the network statuses.
+ used only for analytics and other tools. (If we allowed people to route
+ with long descriptors, we'd have to ensure that they stayed in sync with
+ the short ones somehow. So let's not do that.) We can ensure that the
+ short descriptors are used by only recommending those in the network
+ statuses.
Another possible solution would be to drop these fields from descriptors,
and have them uploaded as a part of a separate "bandwidth report" to the
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ Migration:
For long/short descriptors:
* In 0.1.2.x:
+ * Add a "long version" URL that tools can start using now. Need to
+ design it first.
+
+ * In 0.1.2.x:
* Authorities should accept both, now, and silently drop short
descriptors.
* Routers should upload both once authorities accept them.