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[tor-commits] [tor/master] Tweak the documentation for approved-routers



commit 34baa1bdc38f95a784789b8b0244bab81f9a36af
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Wed Dec 9 14:08:15 2020 -0500

    Tweak the documentation for approved-routers
    
    Document !badexit, and improve the documentation for !invalid.
    
    Closes #40188.
---
 changes/ticket40188 | 4 ++++
 doc/man/tor.1.txt   | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/ticket40188 b/changes/ticket40188
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e29b2a9438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ticket40188
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor features (documentation):
+    - Mention the !badexit directive that can appear in an authority's
+      approved-routers file, and update the description of the !invalid
+      directive. Closes ticket 40188.
diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt
index ab273925b1..58774e555f 100644
--- a/doc/man/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/man/tor.1.txt
@@ -3824,9 +3824,11 @@ __DataDirectory__/**`approved-routers`**::
     **fingerprint** file in a tor relay's __DataDirectory__ for an example
     fingerprint line. If the status is **!reject**, then descriptors from the
     given identity are rejected by this server. If it is **!invalid** then
-    descriptors are accepted, but marked in the directory as not valid, that
-    is, not recommended. In either case, the corresponding relays are not
-    included in the consensus.
+    descriptors are accepted, but marked in the vote as not valid.
+    If it is **!badexit**, then the authority will vote for it to receive a
+    BadExit flag, indicating that it shouldn't be used for traffic leaving
+    the Tor network.
+    (Neither rejected nor invalid relays are included in the consensus.)
 
 __DataDirectory__/**`v3-status-votes`**::
     Only for v3 authoritative directory servers. This file contains status



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