Re: [Mixmaster-devel] binary id.log
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From: Len S. <ra...@qu...> - 2002-04-23 09:20:19
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On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 dis...@sa... wrote: > Len Sassaman wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 dis...@sa... wrote: > > > > > As I couldn't see any readon why id.log is in ascii format > > > I converted it to binary and now it is twice as fast: > > > > Excellent. > > > > BTW, while you're digging around in that part of the code, would you mind > > looking at the feasibility of having a config file option for the length > > of time an entry stays in id.log? > > --Len. > > isn't there such option already? > I think IDEXP does (or is supposed to do...) this: > > IDEXP Mixmaster keeps a log of packet IDs to prevent > replay attacks. IDEXP specifies after which period > of time old IDs are expired. Default: 7d, minimum: > 5d. If set to 0, no log is kept. > Erm, yes. It's way too late for me to be still awake. What I meant to say was... I'd like to be able to specify a minimum size that the log file must reach (or a minimum number of entries it must contain) before the limits on the length of time an id log entry expires. (Given such a speed improvement from storing it as binary, one would expect the log file to okay being far larger than it would be previously.) --Len. |