From 8083e7c80bb2efb659207e9ce827a42552dc901c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Mathewson Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 19:46:57 -0400 Subject: Note that bandwidth-limit options only affect TCP data. --- changes/bug17170 | 3 +++ doc/tor.1.txt | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) create mode 100644 changes/bug17170 diff --git a/changes/bug17170 b/changes/bug17170 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..24a9b94fcf --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug17170 @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Documentation: + - Note that bandwidth-limiting options don't affect TCP headers or DNS. + Closes ticket 17170. diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 1665cfe947..2f8d7bdd09 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS relay (that is, 600 kbits) or 50 KBytes for a bridge (400 kbits) -- but of course, more is better; we recommend at least 250 KBytes (2 mbits) if possible. (Default: 1 GByte) + + + + Note that this option, and other bandwidth-limiting options, apply to TCP + data only: They do not count TCP headers or DNS traffic. + + With this option, and in other options that take arguments in bytes, KBytes, and so on, other formats are also supported. Notably, "KBytes" can -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf