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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/dir-spec.txt | 13 |
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diff --git a/doc/dir-spec.txt b/doc/dir-spec.txt index a2baf4de8..89395c238 100644 --- a/doc/dir-spec.txt +++ b/doc/dir-spec.txt @@ -251,19 +251,16 @@ $Id$ network-status documents from every authority. To do so, every 5 minutes, an authority asks every other authority for its most recent network-status document. Every 15 minutes, a mirror picks a random authority and asks it - for the most recent network-status documents for all the authorities it - knows about (including the chosen authority itself). - -["it" knows about -- you mean all the authorities the authority knows -about, or all the authorities the mirror knows about? -RD] - - [XXXX Should mirrors just do what authorities do? Should they do it at - the same interval?] + for the most recent network-status documents for all the authorities the + authority knows about (including the chosen authority itself). Directory servers and mirrors remember and serve the most recent network-status document they have from each authority. Other network-status documents don't need to be stored. If the most recent network-status document is over 10 days old, it is discarded anyway. + Mirrors SHOULD store and serve network-status documents from authorities + they don't recognize, but SHOULD NOT use such documents for any other + purpose. 4.3. Downloading and storing router descriptors |