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diff --git a/doc/spec/tor-spec.txt b/doc/spec/tor-spec.txt index de614207f4..b31e7bf623 100644 --- a/doc/spec/tor-spec.txt +++ b/doc/spec/tor-spec.txt @@ -194,9 +194,12 @@ see tor-design.pdf. of TLS records MUST NOT leak information about the type or contents of the cells. - TLS connections are not permanent. Either side may close a connection + TLS connections are not permanent. Either side MAY close a connection if there are no circuits running over it and an amount of time - (KeepalivePeriod, defaults to 5 minutes) has passed. + (KeepalivePeriod, defaults to 5 minutes) has passed since the last time + any traffic was transmitted over the TLS connection. Clients SHOULD + also hold a TLS connection with no circuits open, if it is likely that a + circuit will be built soon using that connection. (As an exception, directory servers may try to stay connected to all of the ORs -- though this will be phased out for the Tor 0.1.2.x release.) |