On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 6:06 AM, teor <teor2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 25 Feb 2017, at 03:24, Nick Mathewson <ni...@torproject.org> wrote: >> >> Filename: 274-rotate-onion-keys-less.txt >> Title: Rotate onion keys less frequently. >> Author: Nick Mathewson >> Created: 20-Feb-2017 >> Status: Open >> Target: 0.3.1.x-alpha >> >> 1. Overview >> >> This document proposes that, in order to limit the bandwidth needed >> for microdescriptor listing and transmission, we reduce the onion key >> rotation rate from the current value (7 days) to something closer to >> 28 days. >> >> Doing this will reduce the total microdescriptor download volume >> by approximately 70%. >> ... > > Thanks for this, Nick! > > It seems sensible to me: a significant reduction in directory bandwidth > for a minor decrease in forward secrecy. > > Proposal 277 deals with relays that appear to "rotate" onion keys very > frequently (because they have multiple instances with the same identity > key). > > But what about relays that don't rotate onion keys at all? > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20055 > > Should they be mentioned in this proposal, or is the ticket sufficient? >
I think the ticket's fine -- though they could get mentioned in proposal 277 too. yrs, -- Nick _______________________________________________ tor-dev mailing list tor-dev@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev