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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 734bc64bf7..7ceefb6a4c 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1183,12 +1183,18 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if **PathBiasMultFactor** __NUM__ + -**PathBiasScaleFactor** __NUM__:: +**PathBiasScaleFactor** __NUM__ + + +**PathBiasUseCloseCounts** __NUM__:: These options override the default behavior of Tor's (**currently experimental**) path bias detection algorithm. To try to find broken or misbehaving guard nodes, Tor looks for nodes where more than a certain - fraction of circuits through that node fail after the first hop. The - PathBiasCircThreshold option controls how many circuits we need to build + fraction of circuits through that guard fail to get built. If + PathBiasUseCloseCounts is set to 1 (the default), usage-based accounting is + performed, and circuits that fail to carry streams are also counted as + failures. + + + + The PathBiasCircThreshold option controls how many circuits we need to build through a guard before we make these checks. The PathBiasNoticeRate, PathBiasWarnRate and PathBiasExtremeRate options control what fraction of circuits must succeed through a guard so we won't write log messages. |