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downloads consisted mainly of router descriptors that clients
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downloads consisted mainly of router descriptors that clients
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already had.
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already had.
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- * Every directory authorities was a trust bottleneck: if a single
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+ * Every directory authority was a trust bottleneck: if a single
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directory authority lied, it could make clients believe for a time
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directory authority lied, it could make clients believe for a time
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an arbitrarily distorted view of the Tor network. (Clients
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an arbitrarily distorted view of the Tor network. (Clients
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trusted the most recent signed document they downloaded.) Thus,
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trusted the most recent signed document they downloaded.) Thus,
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@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ $Id$
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Routers may act as directory caches to reduce load on the directory
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Routers may act as directory caches to reduce load on the directory
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authorities. They announce this in their descriptors.
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authorities. They announce this in their descriptors.
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- Periodically, each directory authority periodically generates a view of
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+ Periodically, each directory authority generates a view of
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the current descriptors and status for known routers. They send a
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the current descriptors and status for known routers. They send a
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signed summary of this view (a "status vote") to the other
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signed summary of this view (a "status vote") to the other
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authorities. The authorities compute the result of this vote, and sign
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authorities. The authorities compute the result of this vote, and sign
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Roger Dingledine