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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2016-10-14 20:08:51 -0400
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2016-10-17 10:16:59 -0400
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Write a bunch of module documentation.
This commit adds or improves the module-level documenation for: buffers.c circuitstats.c command.c connection_edge.c control.c cpuworker.c crypto_curve25519.c crypto_curve25519.h crypto_ed25519.c crypto_format.c dircollate.c dirserv.c dns.c dns_structs.h fp_pair.c geoip.c hibernate.c keypin.c ntmain.c onion.c onion_fast.c onion_ntor.c onion_tap.c periodic.c protover.c protover.h reasons.c rephist.c replaycache.c routerlist.c routerparse.c routerset.c statefile.c status.c tor_main.c workqueue.c In particular, I've tried to explain (for each documented module) what each module does, what's in it, what the big idea is, why it belongs in Tor, and who calls it. In a few cases, I've added TODO notes about refactoring opportunities. I've also renamed an argument, and fixed a few DOCDOC comments.
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* \file replaycache.c
*
* \brief Self-scrubbing replay cache for rendservice.c
+ *
+ * To prevent replay attacks, hidden services need to recognize INTRODUCE2
+ * cells that they've already seen, and drop them. If they didn't, then
+ * sending the same INTRODUCE2 cell over and over would force the hidden
+ * service to make a huge number of circuits to the same rendezvous
+ * point, aiding traffic analysis.
+ *
+ * (It's not that simple, actually. We only check for replays in the
+ * RSA-encrypted portion of the handshake, since the rest of the handshake is
+ * malleable.)
+ *
+ * This module is used from rendservice.c.
*/
#define REPLAYCACHE_PRIVATE