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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/dir-spec.txt | 10 |
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diff --git a/doc/dir-spec.txt b/doc/dir-spec.txt index 2693352de..085166f3b 100644 --- a/doc/dir-spec.txt +++ b/doc/dir-spec.txt @@ -222,9 +222,13 @@ $Id$ status is "live" if it is the most recently downloaded network status document for a given directory server, and the server is a directory server trusted by the client, and the network-status document is no - more than D (say, 10) days old. - - A server is "live" if it is listed as running by at more-than-half of - the last N (three) "live" downloaded network-status documents. + more than D (say, 10) days old.) + - A server is "valid" is it is listed as valid by more than half of the + "live" downloaded" network-status document. + - A server is "running" if it is listed as running more than half of the + "recent" downloaded network-status documents. (A network status is + "recent" if was published in the last 60 minutes. If there are fewer + than 3 such documents, the most recently published 3 are "recent.") Clients store network status documents so long as they are live. |