On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 08:00:00PM +0100, marcoc1@dada.it wrote: > Hi Nick, > > I wrote to you, but let me know if it's better to the mixminion list [I'm ccing this to mixminion-dev, because other people may have similar questions.] > we updated to rc1 both remailer of the Winston Smith Project > (futureworld & mercurio) and put online a new one, Antani. > > It is wortwhile to announce new remailers on the mixmnion list ? Not right now, I think. The directory system is supposed to make these announcements unnecessary. In the future, once the directory policies get more strict, it would be a good idea to announce new remailers, so the people know who is running which remailer. > And now more questions ... if your patience lasts .... ;) > > 1) why the descriptor of remailers sometimes are duplicated > and sometimes are updated ? The same descriptor never appears twice in the directory. However, because every descriptor has a limited lifetime, one remailer may have multiple *different* descriptors in the directory, with different keys, valid over different dates. Descriptors are updated when your configuration changes; if the Mixminion server notices that it has published a descriptor that doesn't match its current configuration, it generates an uploads a fresh one. > 2) how about the timing of new & updated remailer > inclusion in the directory ? Updated remailers are included in the directory within 24 hours (updates at 00:00 UTC). New remailers are included within 24 hours after I notice them, which sometimes takes a while. (Sending me an email can speed this up.) > 3) how often the stats are updated? the software is not > echolot, isn't it ? Maybe pingstat ? Right now, the liveness system is very primitive: it checks for server liveness twice a day, and marks every server up or down: it has no additional memory. The next version of mixminion should include a real pinger. > Thanks a lot. Ciao. Marco > > P.S. I was unable to encrypt because your key > (MIT server) results expired; maybe is my mistake, > but, just in case ..... See my recent message to mixminion-dev. Yours, -- Nick Mathewson
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