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diff --git a/doc/spec/proposals/104-short-descriptors.txt b/doc/spec/proposals/104-short-descriptors.txt index 80b30e587..042833a80 100644 --- a/doc/spec/proposals/104-short-descriptors.txt +++ b/doc/spec/proposals/104-short-descriptors.txt @@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ Last-Modified: $Date$ Author: Nick Mathewson Created: +Overview: + + This document proposes moving unused-by-clients information from regular + router descriptors into a special "long form" router descriptor. + + It presents options; it is not yet a complete proposal. + +Proposal: + Some of the costliest fields in the current directory protocol are ones that no client actually uses. In particular, the "read-history" and "write-history" fields are used only by the authorities for monitoring the |