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| author | George Kadianakis <desnacked@riseup.net> | 2017-02-02 13:36:58 +0200 |
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| committer | George Kadianakis <desnacked@riseup.net> | 2017-02-02 13:36:58 +0200 |
| commit | 65e24ed3f1255b0b836af1a3cefbb16e414c4ab8 (patch) | |
| tree | 0f34c62f4231be8d150cade793f61de3c09cebd9 /guard-spec.txt | |
| parent | 7cbcbf5bcbac29d0f2acb6c65ea2c5eb12937ea0 (diff) | |
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guard-spec.txt: If we exhaust all guards, start from top again.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/guard-spec.txt b/guard-spec.txt index 87e16a7..a1e8e93 100644 --- a/guard-spec.txt +++ b/guard-spec.txt @@ -473,7 +473,12 @@ random from {USABLE_FILTERED_GUARDS}. Set its {is_pending} field to true. The circuit is <usable_if_no_better_guard>. - We update the {last_tried_connect} time for the guard to 'now.' + If during the above algorithm we exhaust all sampled guards before finding a + reachable one, then we proceed by marking all guards as <maybe> reachable so + that we can keep on sampling. + + When we finally connect to a guard, we update the {last_tried_connect} time + for the guard to 'now.' In some cases (for example, when we need a certain directory feature, or when we need to avoid using a certain exit as a guard), we need to |