On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Karsten Loesing <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/17/13 10:31 PM, Nick Mathewson wrote: >> 185 Directory caches without DirPort >> >> The old HTTP directory port feature is no longer used by >> clients and relays under most circumstances. The proposal >> explains how we can get rid of the requirement that non-bridge >> directories have an open directory port. (6/2012) > > Hey Nick, > > this proposal looks like a fine idea. Two remarks: > > - I'm not sure why a) relays with a working DirPort shouldn't include > "dir-cache 1" in their router descriptor and b) authorities shouldn't > assign the "DirCache" flag to relays with a working DirPort that don't > have a "dir-cache 1" line in their router descriptor. I understand that > neither of the two actions are necessary to make the proposal work. But > this could be a chance to get rid of the DirPort concept entirely and > only rely on "dir-cache 1" and "DirCache" flags in the future. > > - We should write into ChangeLog and torrc.sample that relay operators > shouldn't rush setting their DirPort to 0 and rely on DirCache to turn > their relay into a directory mirror. Older clients that don't recognize > what a DirCache is will put more load on mirrors with non-zero DirPort, > and it's unclear how long it will take them to upgrade.
I agree on both counts. I've patched the proposal in 8ef1e83ed9695603d4 -- Nick _______________________________________________ tor-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev
