> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 02:19:22PM -0700, Wesley Kenzie wrote: > > >"where does the data originate from when the controller GETINFO > > >command is used? Does it just grab data out of the > cached* files on > > >disk? Or poll one of the directory authorities? Or > something else?" > > > > I am still waiting for someone to help with this question. Using a > > controller interface, when I issue a GETINFO ns/id/* or GETINFO > > desc/id/* command where does the response data come from? Does it > > just come out of the cloud from one of the directory authorities? > > Does it get read from the local cached* file(s)? Does it get > > calculated dynamically in real time? > > It gets answered by your local Tor process based on the > directory information that it has locally. It doesn't trigger > any new fetches. >
So how often is the local directory information updated? And if I use the controller to GETINFO desc/all-recent and GETINFO ns/all and spin through all the responses, is this sufficient to ensure the local directory information is as current as possible? Wesley
