Proposal 142: Added comment by Nick (but no solution, yet) that sharing of circuits between multiple clients is not supported by Tor.

svn:r16075

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diff --git a/doc/spec/proposals/142-combine-intro-and-rend-points.txt b/doc/spec/proposals/142-combine-intro-and-rend-points.txt
index 36766fc2a..f0c4cc54a 100644
--- a/doc/spec/proposals/142-combine-intro-and-rend-points.txt
+++ b/doc/spec/proposals/142-combine-intro-and-rend-points.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Change history:
   04-Jul-2008  Give first security property the new name "Responsibility"
                and change new cell formats according to rendezvous protocol
                version 3 draft.
+  19-Jul-2008  Added comment by Nick (but no solution, yet) that sharing of
+               circuits between multiple clients is not supported by Tor.
 
 Overview:
 
@@ -170,6 +172,10 @@ Design:
   exclusive for the client connection, but shared among multiple client
   connections.
 
+  [Tor does not allow sharing of a single circuit among multiple client
+   connections easily. We need to think about a smart and efficient way to
+   implement this. Comment by Nick. -KL]
+
 Security Implications:
 
   (1) Responsibility