New option DirPortFrontPage

[coderman]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 7:55 PM, downie -<downgeoff2 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> is DirPortFrontPage only available to Directory Mirror operators?

difficult to have a DirPort open otherwise :)


> If so, what is the additional overhead of mirroring the Directory?

someone else can speak to the realworld load added better than i,
however if you're running a server behind a NAT you may have to
contend with another forwarded port and additional strain on your
connection tracking resources.


> And finally, what is the option syntax?

DirPortFrontPage FILENAME
When this option is set, it takes an HTML file and publishes it as "/" on
the DirPort. Now relay operators can provide a disclaimer without needing
to set up a separate webserver. There's a sample disclaimer in
contrib/tor-exit-notice.html.

best regards,