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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2007-10-26 22:50:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2007-10-26 22:50:40 +0000 |
| commit | 2c1d7cf674b3d8b4ec3ca35df69901c82723032e (patch) | |
| tree | 36c6ff51a51b8be6cf8a1d513b135bce35e4406e /doc/spec/tor-spec.txt | |
| parent | c9c9f581f6e1e60351fe9a26f5720c7e3bda1490 (diff) | |
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r16194@catbus: nickm | 2007-10-26 18:37:02 -0400
Keep circuitless TLS connections open for 1.5 x MaxCircuitDirtiness: this ensures that we don't thrash closing and repoening connections to our guards.
svn:r12218
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/spec/tor-spec.txt b/doc/spec/tor-spec.txt index de614207f..b31e7bf62 100644 --- a/doc/spec/tor-spec.txt +++ b/doc/spec/tor-spec.txt @@ -194,9 +194,12 @@ see tor-design.pdf. of TLS records MUST NOT leak information about the type or contents of the cells. - TLS connections are not permanent. Either side may close a connection + TLS connections are not permanent. Either side MAY close a connection if there are no circuits running over it and an amount of time - (KeepalivePeriod, defaults to 5 minutes) has passed. + (KeepalivePeriod, defaults to 5 minutes) has passed since the last time + any traffic was transmitted over the TLS connection. Clients SHOULD + also hold a TLS connection with no circuits open, if it is likely that a + circuit will be built soon using that connection. (As an exception, directory servers may try to stay connected to all of the ORs -- though this will be phased out for the Tor 0.1.2.x release.) |