tor/changes/microdesc_use
Nick Mathewson 4cc348e896 Code to make clients fetch and use microdescriptors for circuit building
To turn this on, set UseMicrodescriptors to "1" (or "auto" if you
want it on-if-you're-a-client).  It should go auto-by-default once
0.2.3.1-alpha is released.

Because of our node logic, directory caches will never use
microdescriptors when they have the right routerinfo available.
2011-05-05 20:54:12 -04:00

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o Major features
- Clients can now use microdescriptors instead of regular descriptors
to build circuits. Microdescriptors are authority-generated and
-authenticated summaries of regular descriptors' contents, designed
to change very rarely. This feature is designed to save bandwidth,
especially for clients on slow internet connections. It's off
by default for now, since nearly no caches support it, but it will
be on-by-default for clients in a future version. You can use the
UseMicrodescriptors option to turn it on.