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| author | Isis Lovecruft <isis@torproject.org> | 2017-12-13 23:50:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Isis Lovecruft <isis@torproject.org> | 2017-12-13 23:50:29 +0000 |
| commit | 03a9d4f13431f6f09b3d8c26c6b01dcbaf9685ae (patch) | |
| tree | 5f1c5736b6cbd9e51f64ac1fc3aa055a05aab6c5 /proposals/249-large-create-cells.txt | |
| parent | ca22bb0f496f8984234aa1d2061f271d018bae7d (diff) | |
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prop#249: Add note on padding being randomness or zeroes.
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diff --git a/proposals/249-large-create-cells.txt b/proposals/249-large-create-cells.txt index b7505c6..b1967f3 100644 --- a/proposals/249-large-create-cells.txt +++ b/proposals/249-large-create-cells.txt @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ Status: Open }; The 'ignored' fields, which extend to the end of the variable-length - cells, are reserved. Initiators MAY set them to any length, but MUST - fill them with zero-valued bytes. Responders MUST ignore them, - regardless of what they contain. When a CREATE2V cell is generated - in response to a set of EXTEND2 cells, these fields are set by the - relay that receives the EXTEND2 cells. + cells, are reserved. Initiators MAY set them to any length, and MUST + fill them with either zero-valued bytes or pseudo-random bytes. + Responders MUST ignore them, regardless of what they contain. When a + CREATE2V cell is generated in response to a set of EXTEND2 cells, these + fields are set by the relay that receives the EXTEND2 cells. (The purpose of the 'ignored' fields here is future-proofing and padding.) |