r16053@catbus: nickm | 2007-10-22 20:20:23 -0400

Note that consensus-method is not a means for making backward-incompatible format changes.  Because any point that confuses Roger will *definitely* confuse many non-Roger readers of dir-spec.txt ;)


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supported by more than 2/3 of the authorities voting. If it supports this
method, then it uses it. Otherwise, it falls back to method 1.
(The consensuses generated by new methods must be parsable by
implementations that only understand the old methods, and must not cause
those implementations to compromise their anonymity. This is a means for
making changes in the contents of consensus; not for making
backward-incompatible changes in their format.)
3.5. Detached signatures
Assuming full connectivity, every authority should compute and sign the