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[or-cvs] [tor/release-0.2.2 049/162] Describe BridgeRelay and PublishServerDescriptor more correctly.
Author: Robert Ransom <rransom.8774@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:43:19 -0700
Subject: Describe BridgeRelay and PublishServerDescriptor more correctly.
Commit: 8d87040e13d4c3c95c23abc7232a71e686a65e45
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doc/tor.1.txt | 18 +++++++++---------
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 620f938..e449665 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -779,9 +779,9 @@ is non-zero):
**BridgeRelay** **0**|**1**::
Sets the relay to act as a "bridge" with respect to relaying connections
- from bridge users to the Tor network. Mainly it influences how the relay
- will cache and serve directory information. Usually used in combination
- with PublishServerDescriptor.
+ from bridge users to the Tor network. It mainly causes Tor to publish a
+ server descriptor to the bridge database, rather than publishing a relay
+ descriptor to the public directory authorities.
**ContactInfo** __email_address__::
Administrative contact information for server. This line might get picked
@@ -867,15 +867,15 @@ is non-zero):
multiple times to bind to multiple addresses/ports.
**PublishServerDescriptor** **0**|**1**|**v1**|**v2**|**v3**|**bridge**|**hidserv**,**...**::
- This option is only considered if you have an ORPort defined. You can
+ This option specifies which descriptors Tor will publish. You can
choose multiple arguments, separated by commas.
+
- If set to 0, Tor will act as a server but it will not publish its
- descriptor to the directory authorities. (This is useful if you're testing
+ If set to 0, Tor will not publish its
+ descriptors to any directories. (This is useful if you're testing
out your server, or if you're using a Tor controller that handles directory
- publishing for you.) Otherwise, Tor will publish its descriptor to all
- directory authorities of the type(s) specified. The value "1" is the
- default, which means "publish to the appropriate authorities".
+ publishing for you.) Otherwise, Tor will publish its descriptors of all
+ type(s) specified. The default is "1",
+ which means "publish the appropriate descriptors to the authorities".
**ShutdownWaitLength** __NUM__::
When we get a SIGINT and we're a server, we begin shutting down:
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