From 4cc348e896f74a4e02ef15a77d22fc636b08afae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Mathewson Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:21:32 -0500 Subject: Code to make clients fetch and use microdescriptors for circuit building To turn this on, set UseMicrodescriptors to "1" (or "auto" if you want it on-if-you're-a-client). It should go auto-by-default once 0.2.3.1-alpha is released. Because of our node logic, directory caches will never use microdescriptors when they have the right routerinfo available. --- changes/microdesc_use | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 changes/microdesc_use (limited to 'changes/microdesc_use') diff --git a/changes/microdesc_use b/changes/microdesc_use new file mode 100644 index 000000000..89faf7c5f --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/microdesc_use @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ + o Major features + - Clients can now use microdescriptors instead of regular descriptors + to build circuits. Microdescriptors are authority-generated and + -authenticated summaries of regular descriptors' contents, designed + to change very rarely. This feature is designed to save bandwidth, + especially for clients on slow internet connections. It's off + by default for now, since nearly no caches support it, but it will + be on-by-default for clients in a future version. You can use the + UseMicrodescriptors option to turn it on. + -- cgit v1.2.3