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| author | Alexander Færøy <ahf@torproject.org> | 2024-02-14 17:20:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Alexander Færøy <ahf@torproject.org> | 2024-02-14 17:20:19 +0000 |
| commit | e0b7f63a78edf92ff194d82cff70b87655c6b642 (patch) | |
| tree | 6fb3f8982a46b1f8fd3bf5686517418cccce2239 | |
| parent | dcf780ffd8100497a46cfe0c1e02851f716a4d4a (diff) | |
| parent | fcdbdf63776db815099052be3c4a842e0223b0b5 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'clarify_relay_at_rendpt' into 'main'
Clarify rend-point behavior with relay cells
Closes #254
See merge request tpo/core/torspec!250
| -rw-r--r-- | spec/rend-spec/protocol-overview.md | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/spec/rend-spec/protocol-overview.md b/spec/rend-spec/protocol-overview.md index a50b3d1..9f7c96f 100644 --- a/spec/rend-spec/protocol-overview.md +++ b/spec/rend-spec/protocol-overview.md @@ -40,9 +40,16 @@ circuits, and the cryptographic handshake gives the two parties a shared key and proves to the client that it is indeed talking to the hidden service. -Once the two circuits are joined, the client can use Tor RELAY cells -to deliver relay messages -to the server. RELAY_BEGIN messages open streams to an external process +Once the two circuits are joined, the client can use Tor relay cells +to deliver relay messages to the server: +Whenever the rendezvous point receives as relay cell from one of +the circuits, it transmits it to the other. +(It accepts both RELAY and RELAY_EARLY cells, +and retransmits them all as RELAY cells.) + +The two parties use these relay messages to implement Tor's +usual application stream protocol: +RELAY_BEGIN messages open streams to an external process or processes configured by the server; RELAY_DATA messages are used to communicate data on those streams, and so forth. |