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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2008-09-23 20:13:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2008-09-23 20:13:43 +0000 |
| commit | 9d296f7701cfa35d4faacba679808f5ad65081b5 (patch) | |
| tree | 9d7e12518b6bce7b3489c2428949a0129701eb03 /doc/tor.1.in | |
| parent | c4397f6257787f6cd38ce643b248d08b0d13e7cd (diff) | |
| download | tor-9d296f7701cfa35d4faacba679808f5ad65081b5.tar.gz tor-9d296f7701cfa35d4faacba679808f5ad65081b5.zip | |
(backport to 0.2.0.x) Fix for bug 797 (by arma, with tweaks): always use create_fast for circuits where we do not know an onion key.
svn:r16943
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.in b/doc/tor.1.in index 90ae989c89..54b4855842 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.in +++ b/doc/tor.1.in @@ -663,11 +663,14 @@ resolved. This helps trap accidental attempts to resolve URLs and so on. .LP .TP \fBFastFirstHopPK \fR\fB0\fR|\fB1\fR\fP -When this option is enabled and we aren't running as a server, Tor -skips the public key step for the first hop of creating circuits. This is -safe since we have already used TLS to authenticate the server and to -establish forward-secure keys. Turning this option off makes circuit -building slower. +When this option is disabled, Tor uses the public key step for the first +hop of creating circuits. Skipping it is generally safe since we have +already used TLS to authenticate the relay and to establish forward-secure +keys. Turning this option off makes circuit building slower. + +Note that Tor will always use the public key step for the first hop if +it's operating as a relay, and it will never use the public key step if +it doesn't yet know the onion key of the first hop. (Default: 1) .LP .TP |