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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2005-03-17 12:38:37 +0000
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2005-03-17 12:38:37 +0000
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Commit fixes for several pending tor core tasks: document all DOCDOCed functions; time out uncontrolled unattached streams; feed reasons to SOCKS5 (refactoring connection_ap_handshake_socks_reply in the process); change DirFetchPeriod/StatusFetchPeriod to have a special "Be smart" value.
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\fBDirFetchPeriod \fR\fIN\fR \fBseconds\fR|\fBminutes\fR|\fBhours\fR|\fBdays\fR|\fBweeks\fP
Every time the specified period elapses, Tor downloads a directory.
A directory contains a signed list of all known servers as well as
-their current liveness status. (Default: 1 hour)
-.TP
-\fBStatusFetchPeriod \fR\fIN\fR \fBseconds\fR|\fBminutes\fR|\fBhours\fR|\fBdays\fR|\fBweeks\fP
-Every time the specified period elapses, Tor downloads signed status
-information about the current state of known servers. (Default: 20 minutes.)
+their current liveness status. A value of "0 seconds" tells Tor to choose an
+appropriate default. (Default: 1 hour for clients, 20 minutes for servers.)
+.TP
+\fBStatusFetchPeriod \fR\fIN\fR \fBseconds\fR|\fBminutes\fR|\fBhours\fR|\fBdays\fR|\fBweeks\fP Every time the
+specified period elapses, Tor downloads signed status information about the
+current state of known servers. A value of "0 seconds" tells Tor to choose
+an appropriate default. (Default: 30 minutes for clients, 15 minutes for
+servers.) (Default: 20 minutes.)
.TP
\fBRendPostPeriod \fR\fIN\fR \fBseconds\fR|\fBminutes\fR|\fBhours\fR|\fBdays\fR|\fBweeks\fP
Every time the specified period elapses, Tor uploads any rendezvous