[tor-bugs] #23170 [Core Tor/Tor]: Include ed25519 relay id keys in the consensus

[Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki]

#23170: Include ed25519 relay id keys in the consensus
-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
 Reporter:  asn                                  |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  task                                 |         Status:
                                                 |  accepted
 Priority:  Very High                            |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-spec prop224 tor-dirauth tor-hs  |  Actual Points:
  ed25519 needs-proposal TorCoreTeam201711.1     |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  1
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  SponsorR-can
-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
Changes (by teor):

 * keywords:  prop224 tor-dirauth tor-hs ed25519 needs-proposal
     TorCoreTeam201711.1 =>
     tor-spec prop224 tor-dirauth tor-hs ed25519 needs-proposal
     TorCoreTeam201711.1


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:10 karsten]:
 > Quick request for clarification: when you say that IDs will be added to
 the consensus, you mean the microdesc-flavored consensus, whereas the
 unflavored consensus will remain unchanged, right?

 No, they need to be added to both consensuses, otherwise clients that set
 `UseMicrodescriptors 0` won't work (or they won't work as well).
 Ed25519 ids are only in the votes (and descriptors and microdescriptiors)
 right now:

 https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/dir-spec.txt#n2260

 > Where can I read more about the planned changes to dir-spec?

 When nickm writes a proposal, it will hopefully come with a dir-spec patch
 and some code :-)

 Is there something in particular you are concerned about?
 (If parsers are written to ignore unknown lines in consensuses, they
 should be fine.)

--
Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/23170#comment:11>
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/>
The Tor Project: anonymity online