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= Fallback Directory Mirrors =
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# Fallback Directory Mirrors
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''This page has information about how fallback directory mirrors work.''
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_This page has information about how fallback directory mirrors work._
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''Read [UpdatingFallbackDirectoryMirrors Updating Fallback Directory Mirrors for updating Tor's hard-coded list of fallbacks.]''
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_Read [UpdatingFallbackDirectoryMirrors Updating Fallback Directory Mirrors for updating Tor's hard-coded list of fallbacks.]_
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Tor clients contact fallback directory mirrors during bootstrap, and download the consensus and authority certificates from them. Once a client has a verified consensus, it then uses the consensus to download relay descriptors.
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Users can include their own Fallback Directory Mirrors using the `FallbackDir` torrc option. This replaces the default hard-coded Fallback Directory Mirrors. The `UseDefaultFallbackDirs` torrc option (#17576) is set to 1 by default. If it is set to 0, it disables the default hard-coded Fallback Directory Mirrors. Tor will then bootstrap using only the authorities.
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== Opt-In Participation for Relay Operators ==
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## Opt-In Participation for Relay Operators
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Relay operators can opt-in their relays as Fallback Directory Mirrors. When relay operators opt-in, their relay may be included in the default list of mirrors in Tor 0.2.8 and future releases.
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Some exits experience high load in the Tor network, but other exits are under-utilised. Therefore, exit operators can request to have their relay included as a Fallback Directory Mirror, or excluded from any future Fallback Directory Mirror list.
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== Change Details or Opt-Out for Relay Operators ==
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## Change Details or Opt-Out for Relay Operators
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If you want to:
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* change the details of your relay on the fallback list (IPv4, IPv6, port, fingerprint)
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* opt-out your relay from the fallback list
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Please log a trac ticket with your relay's details [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/newticket?keywords=fallback-change&component=Core+Tor%2FFallback+Scripts&type=defect&summary=Fallback+details+changed+for+FINGERPRINT_OR_NICKNAME in the Core Tor/Fallback Scripts component (pre-filled).]
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Please log a trac ticket with your relay's details [in the Core Tor/Fallback Scripts component (pre-filled).](https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/newticket?keywords=fallback-change&component=Core+Tor%2FFallback+Scripts&type=defect&summary=Fallback+details+changed+for+FINGERPRINT_OR_NICKNAME)
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You can also contact us by email on the [https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays/ tor-relays mailing list.] |
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You can also contact us by email on the [tor-relays mailing list.](https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays/) |
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