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-rw-r--r-- | changes/bug11743 | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug11743 b/changes/bug11743 index 89e4bbc2b..843517908 100644 --- a/changes/bug11743 +++ b/changes/bug11743 @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ - Directory authorities now include a digest of each relay's identity key as a part of its microdescriptor. - This is a workaround for bug #11743, where Tor clients do not + This is a workaround for bug #11743 (reported by "cypherpunks"), + where Tor clients do not support receiving multiple microdescriptors with the same SHA256 digest in the same consensus. When clients receive a consensus like this, they only use one of the relays. Without this fix, a - hostile relay could selectively disable client use of target + hostile relay could selectively disable some client use of target relays by constucting a router descriptor with a different identity and the same microdescriptor parameters and getting the authorities to list it in a microdescriptor consensus. This fix |