Re: Tor 0.2.0.30 does not bootstrap when "FastFirstHopPK 0" in torrc file

[Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 09:30:56PM +0200, Erwin Lam wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Today, I upgraded my Tor client to version 0.2.0.30 (an RPM for SUSE 
> 10.3 obtained from the Packman repository).
> 
> Because I know something changed with respect to the format of the 
> information supplied by the directory servers, I stopped the Tor 
> process, removed all files from /var/lib/tor, and restarted Tor, 
> expecting it to fetch information from the directory servers again. 
> After one hour, there was still no information obtained from the 
> directory servers. There was only a state file in /var/lib/tor. Using 
> Tor was not possible. After playing around with the options in the 
> torrc file, I was able to solve the problem by commenting out the 
> line "FastFirstHopPK 0".
> 
> Apparently, Tor 0.2.0.30 is not able to bootstrap when the 
> line "FastFirstHopPK 0" is in the torrc file. I wonder whether this is 
> a bug or intended behaviour.

Looks like a bug.  I've added it to flyspray as bug 797:

   https://bugs.torproject.org/flyspray/index.php?do=details&id=797

yrs,
-- 
Nick