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@@ -98,19 +98,24 @@ MUST_BE_RUNNING_NOW = (PERFORM_IPV4_DIRPORT_CHECKS
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# Clients have been using microdesc consensuses by default for a while now
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DOWNLOAD_MICRODESC_CONSENSUS = True
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-# If a relay delivers an expired consensus, if it expired less than this many
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-# seconds ago, we still allow the relay. This should never be less than -90,
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-# as all directory mirrors should have downloaded a consensus 90 minutes
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-# before it expires. It should never be more than 24 hours, because clients
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-# reject consensuses that are older than REASONABLY_LIVE_TIME.
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-# For the consensus expiry check to be accurate, the machine running this
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-# script needs an accurate clock.
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+# If a relay delivers an invalid consensus, if it expired less than this many
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+# seconds ago, accept the relay as a fallback. For the consensus expiry check
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+# to be accurate, the machine running this script needs an accurate clock.
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#
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-# Relays on 0.3.0 and later return a 404 when they are about to serve an
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-# expired consensus. This makes them fail the download check.
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-# We use a tolerance of 0, so that 0.2.x series relays also fail the download
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-# check if they serve an expired consensus.
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-CONSENSUS_EXPIRY_TOLERANCE = 0
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+# Relays on 0.3.0 and later return a 404 when they are about to serve a
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+# consensus that expired more than 24 hours ago. 0.2.9 and earlier relays
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+# will serve consensuses that are very old.
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+#
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+# A 404 makes relays fail the download check. We use a tolerance of 24 hours,
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+# so that 0.2.9 relays also fail the download check if they serve a consensus
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+# that is not reasonably live.
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+#
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+# CONSENSUS_EXPIRY_TOLERANCE should never be more than 24 hours, because
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+# clients reject consensuses that are older than REASONABLY_LIVE_TIME. Clients
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+# on 0.3.5.5-alpha? and earlier also won't select guards from consensuses that
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+# have expired, but can bootstrap if they already have guards in their state
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+# file.
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+CONSENSUS_EXPIRY_TOLERANCE = 24*60*60
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# Output fallback name, flags, bandwidth, and ContactInfo in a C comment?
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OUTPUT_COMMENTS = True if OUTPUT_CANDIDATES else False
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