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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2005-08-05 01:40:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2005-08-05 01:40:10 +0000 |
| commit | 35b04df4fd2818cc60e38ff584981d13da5649d1 (patch) | |
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Document helper node options
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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.in b/doc/tor.1.in index f3c15ebc7..403cf6662 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.in +++ b/doc/tor.1.in @@ -318,6 +318,20 @@ this will observe it through cookies or other protocol-specific means anyhow. Since exit servers go up and down, it is desirable to expire the association between host and exit server after NUM seconds. The default is 1800 seconds (30 minutes). +.LP +.TP +\fBUseHelperNodes \fR\fI0|1\fP +If this option is set to 1, we pick a few entry servers as our "helpers", and +try to use only those fixed entry servers. This is desirable, because +constantly changing servers increases the odds that an adversary who owns +some servers will observe a fraction of your paths. +(Defaults to 0; will eventually default to 1.) +.LP +.TP +\fBNumHelperNodesUseHelperNodes \fR\fINUM\fP +If UseHelperNodes is set to 1, we will try to pick a total of NUM helper +nodes as entries for our circuits. +(Defaults to 3.) .SH SERVER OPTIONS .PP |