Re: [tor-bugs] #1184 [Tor Client]: Sending useless relay cells after the destroy cell

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#1184: Sending useless relay cells after the destroy cell
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 Reporter:  arma                |         Type:  defect    
   Status:  needs_review        |     Priority:  minor     
Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.2.x-final  |    Component:  Tor Client
  Version:  0.2.2.6-alpha       |   Resolution:  None      
 Keywords:                      |       Parent:            
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Comment(by arma):

 {{{
 +   [Note: If an OR receives a TRUNCATE cell and it has any RELAY cells
 +   still queued on the circuit for the next node that it had not yet
 sent,
 }}}
 s/ that it had not yet sent//

 {{{
 +   it will drop them without sending them.  This is not considered
 +   conformant behavior, but it probably won't get fixed till a later
 }}}
 s/till/until/ (unless we all want to switch over to older English? :)

 {{{
 +   version of Tor.  Thus, clients SHOULD NOT send a TRUNCATE cell to a
 +   node running any current version of Tor if they have sent relay cells
 +   through that node, and they aren't sure whether those cells have been
 +   sent on.]
 }}}
 ...if a) they have sent relay cells through that node, and b) they aren't
 sure whether those cells have been sent on yet.

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