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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2013-01-29 11:05:13 -0500 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2013-01-30 11:58:17 -0500 |
| commit | 02c320916e025eca63d0ae23aa4f610095c7857c (patch) | |
| tree | edeec6ef2067d0db80c69c2ff28759ce9fadf9a8 /doc | |
| parent | 813a0f8c40d57390412ce9dc52ef503d80e1f474 (diff) | |
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Parameterize FRAC_USABLE_NEEDED for fraction of circuits
Instead of hardcoding the minimum fraction of possible paths to 0.6, we
take it from the user, and failing that from the consensus, and
failing that we fall back to 0.6.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tor.1.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 40cf66dbc..2b616bd26 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1282,6 +1282,18 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if things may influence the choice. This option breaks a tie to the favor of IPv6. (Default: 0) +**PathsNeededToBuildCircuits** __NUM__:: + Tor clients don't build circuits for user traffic until they know + about enough of the network so that they could potentially construct + enough of the possible paths through the network. If this option + is set to a fraction between 0.25 and 0.95, Tor won't build circuits + until it has enough descriptors or microdescriptors to construct + that fraction of possible paths. Note that setting this option too low + can make your Tor client less anonymous, and setting it too high can + prevent your Tor client from bootstrapping. If this option is negative, + Tor will use a default value chosen by the directory + authorities. (Default: -1.) + SERVER OPTIONS -------------- |