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diff --git a/src/or/protover.c b/src/or/protover.c index 9e0391a410..a6a5d18f36 100644 --- a/src/or/protover.c +++ b/src/or/protover.c @@ -1,3 +1,24 @@ +/* Copyright (c) 2016, The Tor Project, Inc. */ +/* See LICENSE for licensing information */ + +/** + * \file protover.c + * \brief Versioning information for different pieces of the Tor protocol. + * + * Starting in version 0.2.9.3-alpha, Tor places separate version numbers on + * each of the different components of its protocol. Relays use these numbers + * to advertise what versions of the protocols they can support, and clients + * use them to find what they can ask a given relay to do. Authorities vote + * on the supported protocol versions for each relay, and also vote on the + * which protocols you should have to support in order to be on the Tor + * network. All Tor instances use these required/recommended protocol versions + * to + * + * The main advantage of these protocol versions numbers over using Tor + * version numbers is that they allow different implementations of the Tor + * protocols to develop independently, without having to claim compatibility + * with specific versions of Tor. + **/ #define PROTOVER_PRIVATE @@ -699,6 +720,9 @@ protover_compute_for_old_tor(const char *version) } } +/** + * Release all storage held by static fields in protover.c + */ void protover_free_all(void) { |