On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Karsten Loesing karsten@torproject.org 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