From: teor (Tim Wilson-Brown) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 00:38:24 +0000 (+1100) Subject: Prop210: Only clients benefit from multiple consensus downloads X-Git-Tag: tor-0.2.8.1-alpha~123^2~2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9882a88b7457c48fb5ce48259a862593e7a2b309;p=thirdparty%2Ftor.git Prop210: Only clients benefit from multiple consensus downloads Anything that's a server can afford to wait for a few minutes. (Except for bridge relays, which act like clients.) --- diff --git a/src/or/networkstatus.c b/src/or/networkstatus.c index 173c109d60..584569a108 100644 --- a/src/or/networkstatus.c +++ b/src/or/networkstatus.c @@ -1286,14 +1286,14 @@ networkstatus_consensus_is_boostrapping(time_t now) } /** Check if we can use multiple directories for a consensus download. - * Only clients (including bridges, but excluding bridge clients) benefit + * Only clients (including bridge relays, which act like clients) benefit * from multiple simultaneous consensus downloads. */ int networkstatus_consensus_can_use_multiple_directories( const or_options_t *options) { /* If we are a client, bridge, bridge client, or hidden service */ - return (!directory_fetches_from_authorities(options)); + return !public_server_mode(options); } /** Check if we can use fallback directory mirrors for a consensus download.