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-rw-r--r--changes/bug85613
-rw-r--r--doc/tor.1.txt4
-rw-r--r--src/or/config.c2
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug8561 b/changes/bug8561
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..598071a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug8561
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ o Major features:
+ - The ntor handshake is now on-by-default, no matter what the
+ directory authorities recommend. Implements ticket 8561.
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index adcf6b718..0a6f8f524 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -1253,9 +1253,9 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
it too early might make your client stand out. If this option is 0, your
Tor client won't use the ntor handshake. If it's 1, your Tor client
will use the ntor handshake to extend circuits through servers that
- support it. If this option is "auto" (recommended), then your client
+ support it. If this option is "auto", then your client
will use the ntor handshake once enough directory authorities recommend
- it. (Default: auto)
+ it. (Default: 1)
**PathBiasCircThreshold** __NUM__ +
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index cd9acf4f0..c57feaf27 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static config_var_t option_vars_[] = {
V(UseEntryGuards, BOOL, "1"),
V(UseEntryGuardsAsDirGuards, BOOL, "1"),
V(UseMicrodescriptors, AUTOBOOL, "auto"),
- V(UseNTorHandshake, AUTOBOOL, "auto"),
+ V(UseNTorHandshake, AUTOBOOL, "1"),
V(User, STRING, NULL),
V(UserspaceIOCPBuffers, BOOL, "0"),
VAR("V1AuthoritativeDirectory",BOOL, V1AuthoritativeDir, "0"),