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authorRoger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org>2005-05-27 07:36:54 +0000
committerRoger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org>2005-05-27 07:36:54 +0000
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correct the explanation for KeepalivePeriod
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@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ patch if you want it to support others.
.TP
\fBKeepalivePeriod \fR\fINUM\fP
To keep firewalls from expiring connections, send a padding keepalive
-cell on open connections every NUM seconds. (Default: 5 minutes)
+cell every NUM seconds on open connections that are in use. If the
+connection has no open circuits, it will instead be closed after NUM
+seconds of idleness. (Default: 5 minutes)
.TP
\fBLog \fR\fIminSeverity\fR[-\fImaxSeverity\fR] \fBstderr\fR|\fBstdout\fR|\fBsyslog\fR\fP
Send all messages between \fIminSeverity\fR and \fImaxSeverity\fR to