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directories are signed so they can be cached elsewhere

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@ -679,6 +679,12 @@ the shared directory is straightforward, and is described in the Tor
specification \cite{tor-spec}.
% we should, uh, add this to the spec. oh, and write it. -RD
Because the directories are signed, they can be cached at all the other
onion routers (or even elsewhere). Thus directory servers are not a
performance bottleneck when we have many users, and also they won't
aid traffic analysis by forcing clients to periodically announce their
existence to any central point.
\Section{Rendezvous points: location privacy}
\label{sec:rendezvous}