From b29e29f64a7012b7e8a267036ac266e1dfdcb7aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:39:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] directories are signed so they can be cached elsewhere svn:r667 --- doc/tor-design.tex | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/tor-design.tex b/doc/tor-design.tex index 2954f01ef3..f5ea21b688 100644 --- a/doc/tor-design.tex +++ b/doc/tor-design.tex @@ -679,6 +679,12 @@ the shared directory is straightforward, and is described in the Tor specification \cite{tor-spec}. % we should, uh, add this to the spec. oh, and write it. -RD +Because the directories are signed, they can be cached at all the other +onion routers (or even elsewhere). Thus directory servers are not a +performance bottleneck when we have many users, and also they won't +aid traffic analysis by forcing clients to periodically announce their +existence to any central point. + \Section{Rendezvous points: location privacy} \label{sec:rendezvous} -- 2.47.3