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@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ simplifying assumption that all participants agree on the set of
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directory servers. Second, while Mixminion needs to predict node
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directory servers. Second, while Mixminion needs to predict node
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behavior, Tor only needs a threshold consensus of the current
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behavior, Tor only needs a threshold consensus of the current
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state of the network. Third, we assume that we can fall back to the
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state of the network. Third, we assume that we can fall back to the
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-human administrators to discover and resolve problems when a concensus
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+human administrators to discover and resolve problems when a consensus
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directory cannot be reached. Since there are relatively few directory
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directory cannot be reached. Since there are relatively few directory
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servers (currently 3, but we expect as many as 9 as the network scales),
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servers (currently 3, but we expect as many as 9 as the network scales),
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we can afford operations like broadcast to simplify the consensus-building
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we can afford operations like broadcast to simplify the consensus-building
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Nick Mathewson