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[or-cvs] [tor/master] circwindow consensus param != CircWindow
Author: Roger Dingledine <arma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:55:30 -0400
Subject: circwindow consensus param != CircWindow
Commit: 277295efc1689d6ce039fb474147ddf155fbf516
aka update dir-spec.txt to reflect reality
---
doc/spec/dir-spec.txt | 10 +++++++---
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt
index bd3b8ba..b383cdf 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:
--
1.7.1