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| author | Mike Perry <mikeperry-git@torproject.org> | 2019-04-18 19:27:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Mike Perry <mikeperry-git@torproject.org> | 2019-04-18 19:27:31 +0000 |
| commit | a1935efba2dcaa1888d85284a26e47ed20e3f4e0 (patch) | |
| tree | eb87237b1634ff65002562b86d6ad5d94e5fdd4e /proposals/254-padding-negotiation.txt | |
| parent | 54ebbd5643600268b6af16c8603089898b72f9cb (diff) | |
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Bug 30173+29203: Document reduced+disabled padding consensus params
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diff --git a/proposals/254-padding-negotiation.txt b/proposals/254-padding-negotiation.txt index 087f060..0d14c09 100644 --- a/proposals/254-padding-negotiation.txt +++ b/proposals/254-padding-negotiation.txt @@ -367,6 +367,17 @@ When either global or machine limits are reached, padding is no longer scheduled. The machine simply becomes idle until the overhead drops below the threshold. +Finally, the consensus can also be used to specify that clients should +use only machines that are flagged as reduced padding, or disable circuit +padding entirely, with the following two parameters: + + * circpad_padding_reduced=1 + - Tells clients to only use padding machines with the + 'reduced_padding_ok' machine condition flag set. + * circpad_padding_disabled=1 + - Tells clients to stop circuit padding immediately, and not negotiate + any further padding machines. + 5.2. Overhead accounting In order to monitor the quantity of padding to decide if we should alter |