From 8d87040e13d4c3c95c23abc7232a71e686a65e45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Ransom Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:43:19 -0700 Subject: Describe BridgeRelay and PublishServerDescriptor more correctly. --- doc/tor.1.txt | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 620f938741..e44966506b 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -779,9 +779,9 @@ is non-zero): **BridgeRelay** **0**|**1**:: Sets the relay to act as a "bridge" with respect to relaying connections - from bridge users to the Tor network. Mainly it influences how the relay - will cache and serve directory information. Usually used in combination - with PublishServerDescriptor. + from bridge users to the Tor network. It mainly causes Tor to publish a + server descriptor to the bridge database, rather than publishing a relay + descriptor to the public directory authorities. **ContactInfo** __email_address__:: Administrative contact information for server. This line might get picked @@ -867,15 +867,15 @@ is non-zero): multiple times to bind to multiple addresses/ports. **PublishServerDescriptor** **0**|**1**|**v1**|**v2**|**v3**|**bridge**|**hidserv**,**...**:: - This option is only considered if you have an ORPort defined. You can + This option specifies which descriptors Tor will publish. You can choose multiple arguments, separated by commas. + - If set to 0, Tor will act as a server but it will not publish its - descriptor to the directory authorities. (This is useful if you're testing + If set to 0, Tor will not publish its + descriptors to any directories. (This is useful if you're testing out your server, or if you're using a Tor controller that handles directory - publishing for you.) Otherwise, Tor will publish its descriptor to all - directory authorities of the type(s) specified. The value "1" is the - default, which means "publish to the appropriate authorities". + publishing for you.) Otherwise, Tor will publish its descriptors of all + type(s) specified. The default is "1", + which means "publish the appropriate descriptors to the authorities". **ShutdownWaitLength** __NUM__:: When we get a SIGINT and we're a server, we begin shutting down: -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf From 1fa50c778c375df3779287041b87678deb0694fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Mathewson Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 12:58:20 -0400 Subject: Clarify PublishServerDescriptor even more --- doc/tor.1.txt | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index e44966506b..df2b17ed08 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -867,15 +867,17 @@ is non-zero): multiple times to bind to multiple addresses/ports. **PublishServerDescriptor** **0**|**1**|**v1**|**v2**|**v3**|**bridge**|**hidserv**,**...**:: - This option specifies which descriptors Tor will publish. You can + This option specifies which descriptors Tor will publish when acting as + a relay or hidden service. You can choose multiple arguments, separated by commas. + - If set to 0, Tor will not publish its + If this option is set to 0, Tor will not publish its descriptors to any directories. (This is useful if you're testing out your server, or if you're using a Tor controller that handles directory publishing for you.) Otherwise, Tor will publish its descriptors of all type(s) specified. The default is "1", - which means "publish the appropriate descriptors to the authorities". + which means "if running as a server or a hidden service, publish the + appropriate descriptors to the authorities". **ShutdownWaitLength** __NUM__:: When we get a SIGINT and we're a server, we begin shutting down: -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf