> On 3 Aug 2016, at 10:29, teor <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Clients on 0.2.7.6 and earlier still use the IPv4 DirPort.
> (Tor Browser is still 0.2.7.6, and apps in general may take some time to 
> upgrade.)
> 
> Authorities on0.2.7.6 and earlier will only assign the HSDir flag to relays 
> with an IPv4 DirPort.
> (Authorities may take some time to upgrade, because running different 
> versions increases authority diversity.)

For the record, even though the man page entry for HidServDirectoryV2 says the 
DirPort is not required to be a HSDir, authorities on 0.2.7 and earlier still 
check for it before assigning the HSDir flag.

Authorities on 0.2.8 and later behave in a way that's consistent with 
HidServDirectoryV2, assigning the HSDir flag to any relay that wants to be a 
HSDir, and either supports being a directory cache, or has a DirPort.

HidServDirectoryV2 0|1
           When this option is set, Tor accepts and serves v2 hidden service
           descriptors. Setting DirPort is not required for this, because
           clients connect via the ORPort by default. (Default: 1)

> Fallback directory mirrors must have a DirPort, and we'd only think about 
> changing that when:
> * all recommended relay versions are 0.2.8 and later, and
> * relays no longer fetch documents using the DirPort (so maybe never).
> 
> All relays running any Tor version will continue to use the IPv4 DirPort to 
> fetch consensuses from other relays.
> 
> So we haven't obsoleted the IPv4 DirPort yet. We've just made sure that 
> clients fetch directory documents over an encrypted channel.

Tim Wilson-Brown (teor)

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