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| author | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2007-03-14 23:06:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2007-03-14 23:06:19 +0000 |
| commit | c77c7b70f74b482022fa09d523f30e914b51b7c8 (patch) | |
| tree | d145581c49adb99071a20cc32d875df0b86010f0 /proposals/110-avoid-infinite-circuits.txt | |
| parent | d8c8cc3f77ab4de0bec31bc41ad8a2eccfec2de7 (diff) | |
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clarify a confusion weasel had
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diff --git a/proposals/110-avoid-infinite-circuits.txt b/proposals/110-avoid-infinite-circuits.txt index f26c38c..6f00fe4 100644 --- a/proposals/110-avoid-infinite-circuits.txt +++ b/proposals/110-avoid-infinite-circuits.txt @@ -44,14 +44,16 @@ Design: the circuit (if more research shows us what to do), because Alice can choose how many of the K to mark as relay_extend. Note that relay_extend cells *can* contain any sort of data cell; so in effect it's actually - the relay type cells that are restricted. + the relay type cells that are restricted. By default, she would just + send the first K data cells over the stream as relay_extend cells, + regardless of their actual type. Each intermediate server would pass on the same type of cell that it received (either relay or relay_extend), and the cell's destination will be able to learn whether it's allowed to contain an Extend request. If an intermediate server receives a relay_extend cell after it has - already seen k cells, or if it sees a relay cell that contains an + already seen k data cells, or if it sees a relay cell that contains an extend request, then it tears down the circuit (protocol violation). Security implications: |