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answer a question from arma, and clarify a related point.

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network-status documents from every authority. To do so, every 5 minutes, network-status documents from every authority. To do so, every 5 minutes,
an authority asks every other authority for its most recent network-status an authority asks every other authority for its most recent network-status
document. Every 15 minutes, a mirror picks a random authority and asks it document. Every 15 minutes, a mirror picks a random authority and asks it
for the most recent network-status documents for all the authorities it for the most recent network-status documents for all the authorities the
knows about (including the chosen authority itself). authority knows about (including the chosen authority itself).
["it" knows about -- you mean all the authorities the authority knows
about, or all the authorities the mirror knows about? -RD]
[XXXX Should mirrors just do what authorities do? Should they do it at
the same interval?]
Directory servers and mirrors remember and serve the most recent Directory servers and mirrors remember and serve the most recent
network-status document they have from each authority. Other network-status document they have from each authority. Other
network-status documents don't need to be stored. If the most recent network-status documents don't need to be stored. If the most recent
network-status document is over 10 days old, it is discarded anyway. network-status document is over 10 days old, it is discarded anyway.
Mirrors SHOULD store and serve network-status documents from authorities
they don't recognize, but SHOULD NOT use such documents for any other
purpose.
4.3. Downloading and storing router descriptors 4.3. Downloading and storing router descriptors