how many connections are legitimate to a DirPort?

[Scott Bennett <bennett@xxxxxxxxxx>]

     How many simultaneous connections from a tor client to a directory
mirror's DirPort are legitimate?  Is more than a single such connection
necessary, and if so, why?


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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