From d40a814f4f6cceeb4af33f92372e6f5f00e7203d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Mathewson Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:39:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Changelog for microdescriptor branch. --- ChangeLog | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index befb4368e4..b424837906 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,7 +1,25 @@ Changes in version 0.2.2.6-alpha - 2009-10-?? + o Major features: + - Directory authorities can now create, vote, and serve on multiple + parallel formats of directory data as part of their voting process. + This is a partial implementation of Proposal 162: "Publish the + consensus in multiple flavors." + - Directory authorities can now agree on and publish small summaries of + router information that clients can use in place of regular server + descriptors. This will eventually allow clients to use far less + bandwidth for downloading information about the network. This begins + the implementation of of Proposal 158: "Clients download a consensus + + Microdescriptors". + - The directory voting system is now extensible to use multiple hash + algorithms for signatures and resource selection. Newer formats are + signed with SHA256, with a possibility for moving to a better hash + algorithm in the future. + o Code simplifications and refactorings: - Numerous changes, bugfixes, and workarounds from Nathan Freitas to help Tor build correctly for Android phones. + - Begun converting Tor's signature and message digest logic to handle + multiple hash algorithms. o Minor bugfixes: - Fix a crash bug when trying to initialize the evdns module in