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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 615da2d576..c8cbca8d07 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -__tor__ is a connection-oriented anonymizing communication +Tor is a connection-oriented anonymizing communication service. Users choose a source-routed path through a set of nodes, and negotiate a "virtual circuit" through the network, in which each node knows its predecessor and successor, but no others. Traffic flowing down the circuit is unwrapped by a symmetric key at each node, which reveals the downstream node. + -Basically __tor__ provides a distributed network of servers ("onion routers"). -Users bounce their TCP streams -- web traffic, ftp, ssh, etc -- around the -routers, and recipients, observers, and even the routers themselves have +Basically, Tor provides a distributed network of servers or relays ("onion routers"). +Users bounce their TCP streams -- web traffic, ftp, ssh, etc. -- around the +network, and recipients, observers, and even the relays themselves have difficulty tracking the source of the stream. COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS |