From: Roger Dingledine Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:55:30 +0000 (-0400) Subject: circwindow consensus param != CircWindow X-Git-Tag: tor-0.2.2.16-alpha~6 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=277295efc1689d6ce039fb474147ddf155fbf516;p=thirdparty%2Ftor.git circwindow consensus param != CircWindow aka update dir-spec.txt to reflect reality --- diff --git a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt index bd3b8ba245..b383cdf403 100644 --- a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt +++ b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt @@ -1148,15 +1148,15 @@ Parameters ::= Parameter | Parameters SP Parameter The parameters list, if present, contains a space-separated list of - key-value pairs, sorted in lexical order by their keyword. Each - parameter has its own meaning. + case-sensitive key-value pairs, sorted in lexical order by + their keyword. Each parameter has its own meaning. (Only included when the vote is generated with consensus-method 7 or later.) Commonly used "param" arguments at this point include: - "CircWindow" -- the default package window that circuits should + "circwindow" -- the default package window that circuits should be established with. It started out at 1000 cells, but some research indicates that a lower value would mean fewer cells in transit in the network at any given time. Obeyed by Tor 0.2.1.20 @@ -1168,6 +1168,10 @@ and 0.2.2.10-alpha recognized a "CircPriorityHalflifeMsec" parameter, but mishandled it badly.) + See also "2.4.5. Consensus parameters governing behavior" + in path-spec.txt for a series of circuit build time related + consensus params. + The authority section of a vote contains the following items, followed in turn by the authority's current key certificate: