From: Roger Dingledine Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:11:50 +0000 (-0500) Subject: start to document commonly used "param" arguments X-Git-Tag: tor-0.2.2.7-alpha~41 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d035b65cd7a98be3dad055ac0bf885bffed896b8;p=thirdparty%2Ftor.git start to document commonly used "param" arguments --- diff --git a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt index 0bfc758ee1..0789c121e5 100644 --- a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt +++ b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt @@ -1140,6 +1140,18 @@ (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 + 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 + and later. + + "CircPriorityHalflifeMsec" -- the halflife parameter used when + weighting which circuit will send the next cell. Obeyed by Tor + 0.2.2.7-alpha and later. + The authority section of a vote contains the following items, followed in turn by the authority's current key certificate: @@ -2145,7 +2157,6 @@ A. Consensus-negotiation timeline. - Period begins: this is the Published time. Everybody sends votes Reconciliation: everybody tries to fetch missing votes.