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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index de01cefbf2..fd09e30d61 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -18,22 +18,25 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -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 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. - -By default, **tor** will act as a client only. To help the network -by providing bandwidth as a relay, change the **ORPort** configuration -option -- see below. Please also consult the documentation on the Tor -Project's website. + +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. Each node in a virtual circuit +knows its predecessor and successor nodes, but no other nodes. 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 or relays +("onion routers"). Users bounce their TCP streams, including web +traffic, ftp, ssh, etc., around the network, so that recipients, +observers, and even the relays themselves have difficulty tracking the +source of the stream. + +[NOTE] +By default, **tor** acts as a client only. To help the network by +providing bandwidth as a relay, change the **ORPort** configuration +option as mentioned below. Please also consult the documentation on +the Tor Project's website. COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS -------------------- |