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Re: [tor-bugs] #12538 [Tor]: Make all relays automatically be dir caches



#12538: Make all relays automatically be dir caches
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks                          |          Owner:
     Type:  task                                 |         Status:
 Priority:  High                                 |  needs_review
Component:  Tor                                  |      Milestone:  Tor:
 Severity:  Normal                               |  0.2.8.x-final
 Keywords:  tor-guard, tor-relay, prop237,       |        Version:  Tor:
  026-triaged-1, sebastian-review,               |  unspecified
  027-triaged-1-out, 028-triage, 028-triaged,    |     Resolution:
  mike-can, pre028-patch                         |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
  Sponsor:                                       |  medium/large
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Comment (by asn):

 Replying to [comment:64 nickm]:
 > Reviewing feature_12538_rebased_6.  The '''CHECK''' notes below are for
 me. :)

 > `be7d522274d21db2bb6bbc8d422fa35b59a4da12  Add NotDir status flag and
 dir-cache server entry`
 >    * '''CHECK''': re-read the thread above; why are we doing this? Not
 sure it's an improvement.
 >
 > `763d03da5a87727fc44a1369650694ec91197619  Add the BelieveNotDir
 consensus parameter`
 >    * '''CHECK''': re-read the thread above; why are we doing this? Not
 sure it's an improvement.

 I think the rationale for the NotDir flag was mentioned here:
 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-May/008883.html
 however I still don't understand the rationale completely.

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