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Re: [tor-bugs] #19129 [Core Tor/Tor]: Allow Fallback Directories with no DirPort

#19129: Allow Fallback Directories with no DirPort
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 Reporter:  teor                                 |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-client fallback-directory        |  Actual Points:
  needs-design reachability bootstrap            |
Parent ID:  #7798                                |         Points:  2
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:7 atagar]:
 > For what it's worth stem's descriptor downloader *doesn't* use fallback
 directories because they lack extrainfo descriptors...
 >
 > https://gitweb.torproject.org/stem.git/commit/?id=758f632
 >
 > This is fine. Tor doesn't need it (nor does it need the DirPort).
 However, if you want the fallbacks to relieve DirAuth load from other
 sources such as stem then these are both issues.

 Ah, but all stem needs to know is *whether* the fallback has a DirPort and
 caches extra-info, right? I opened #22760 to implement this.

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