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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2006-10-19 15:45:48 +0000
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2006-10-19 15:45:48 +0000
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r9091@totoro: nickm | 2006-10-19 11:45:28 -0400
Change to BadExit logic: Let authorities set an "I list bad exits" flag. Consider an exit bad if it is listed as bad by more than half of *those* authorities. This gives us a better migration path. svn:r8756
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-rw-r--r--doc/dir-spec.txt2
-rw-r--r--doc/path-spec.txt5
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/dir-spec.txt b/doc/dir-spec.txt
index e829f06082..92039ef251 100644
--- a/doc/dir-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/dir-spec.txt
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ $Id$
"dir-options" -- A set of flags, in any order, separated by whitespace:
"Names" if this directory authority performs name bindings.
"Versions" if this directory authority recommends software versions.
+ "BadExits" if the directory authority flags nodes that it believes
+ are performing incorrectly as exit nodes.
The dir-options entry is optional. The "-versions" entries are required if
the "Versions" flag is present. The other entries are required and must
diff --git a/doc/path-spec.txt b/doc/path-spec.txt
index aeaf1bba9f..ad3e3029d5 100644
--- a/doc/path-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/path-spec.txt
@@ -208,8 +208,9 @@ of their choices.
such a connection if any clause that accepts any connections to that port
precedes all clauses (if any) that reject all connections to that port.
- Unless requested to do so by the user, we never choose a server flagged by
- more than half of the authorities as BadExit for an exit server.
+ Unless requested to do so by the user, we never choose an exit server
+ flagged as "BadExit" by more than half of the authorities who advertise
+ themselves as listing bad exits.
2.2.2. User configuration