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| author | teor <teor2345@gmail.com> | 2018-05-02 10:46:00 +1000 |
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| committer | teor <teor2345@gmail.com> | 2018-05-02 10:46:00 +1000 |
| commit | 9b1d5e8826e93f5d45a9d1ea7b7223fcfee2e484 (patch) | |
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man page: FetchUselessDescriptors stops tor going idle
Also explain how FetchUselessDescriptors and UseMicrodescriptors are
different.
Closes 25998.
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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index dd9f9cefa7..2fc5c413cf 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -543,10 +543,13 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS If set to 1, Tor will fetch every consensus flavor, descriptor, and certificate that it hears about. Otherwise, it will avoid fetching useless descriptors: flavors that it is not using to build circuits, and authority - certificates it does not trust. This option is useful if you're using a + certificates it does not trust. Tor stops fetching descriptors if it + hasn't built any circuits lately: this option makes Tor keep fetching + descriptors, even when idle. This option is useful if you're using a tor client with an external parser that uses a full consensus. This option fetches all documents, **DirCache** fetches and serves - all documents. (Default: 0) + all documents, **UseMicrodescriptors 0** fetches full descriptors and uses + them to build circuits. (Default: 0) [[HTTPProxy]] **HTTPProxy** __host__[:__port__]:: Tor will make all its directory requests through this host:port (or host:80 |