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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 5d4b51c18..bdc78eac6 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1238,11 +1238,7 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if **PathBiasDropGuards** __NUM__ + -**PathBiasScaleThreshold** __NUM__ + - -**PathBiasMultFactor** __NUM__ + - -**PathBiasScaleFactor** __NUM__:: +**PathBiasScaleThreshold** __NUM__:: These options override the default behavior of Tor's (**currently experimental**) path bias detection algorithm. To try to find broken or misbehaving guard nodes, Tor looks for nodes where more than a certain @@ -1256,14 +1252,13 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if is set to 1, we disable use of that guard. + + When we have seen more than PathBiasScaleThreshold - circuits through a guard, we scale our observations by - PathBiasMultFactor/PathBiasScaleFactor, so that new observations don't get - swamped by old ones. + + circuits through a guard, we scale our observations by 0.5 (governed by + the consensus) so that new observations don't get swamped by old ones. + + By default, or if a negative value is provided for one of these options, Tor uses reasonable defaults from the networkstatus consensus document. If no defaults are available there, these options default to 150, .70, - .50, .30, 0, 300, 1, and 2 respectively. + .50, .30, 0, and 300 respectively. **PathBiasUseThreshold** __NUM__ + |