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[or-cvs] Document helper node options
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TODO tor.1.in
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Document helper node options
Index: TODO
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long time), replace it. Store nodes on disk.
o Implement (basic case)
o Implement (persistence)
- - Document
- - Test, debug
+ o Document
+ . Test, debug
- On sighup, if usehelpernodes changed to 1, use new circs.
N - Make a FirewallIPs to correspond to firewallPorts so I can use Tor at
MIT when my directory is out of date.
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Since exit servers go up and down, it is desirable to expire the association
between host and exit server after NUM seconds. The default
is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
+.LP
+.TP
+\fBUseHelperNodes \fR\fI0|1\fP
+If this option is set to 1, we pick a few entry servers as our "helpers", and
+try to use only those fixed entry servers. This is desirable, because
+constantly changing servers increases the odds that an adversary who owns
+some servers will observe a fraction of your paths.
+(Defaults to 0; will eventually default to 1.)
+.LP
+.TP
+\fBNumHelperNodesUseHelperNodes \fR\fINUM\fP
+If UseHelperNodes is set to 1, we will try to pick a total of NUM helper
+nodes as entries for our circuits.
+(Defaults to 3.)
.SH SERVER OPTIONS
.PP