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authorGeorge Kadianakis <desnacked@riseup.net>2015-01-29 14:57:00 +0000
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2015-02-18 09:09:33 -0500
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Parse GuardFraction info from consensuses and votes.
Also introduce the UseGuardFraction torrc option which decides whether clients should use guardfraction information found in the consensus.
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@@ -1122,6 +1122,12 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
guardfraction file which contains information about how long relays
have been guards. (Default: unset)
+[[UseGuardFraction]] **UseGuardFraction** **0**|**1**|**auto**::
+ This torrc option specifies whether clients should use the
+ guardfraction information found in the consensus during path
+ selection. If it's set to 'auto', clients will do what the
+ UseGuardFraction consensus parameter tells them to do.
+
[[NumEntryGuards]] **NumEntryGuards** __NUM__::
If UseEntryGuards is set to 1, we will try to pick a total of NUM routers
as long-term entries for our circuits. If NUM is 0, we try to learn