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diff --git a/doc/spec/proposals/110-avoid-infinite-circuits.txt b/doc/spec/proposals/110-avoid-infinite-circuits.txt index 2637003cee..1834cd34a7 100644 --- a/doc/spec/proposals/110-avoid-infinite-circuits.txt +++ b/doc/spec/proposals/110-avoid-infinite-circuits.txt @@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ Design: data cells over the stream as relay_early cells, regardless of their actual type. + (Note that a circuit that is out of relay_early cells MUST NOT be + cannibalized later, since it can't extend. Note also that it's always okay + to use regular RELAY cells when sending non-EXTEND commands targetted at + the first hop of a circuit, since there is no intermediate hop to try to + learn the relay command type.) + Each intermediate server would pass on the same type of cell that it received (either relay or relay_early), and the cell's destination will be able to learn whether it's allowed to contain an Extend request. |