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diff --git a/glossary.txt b/glossary.txt index dda94e0..767080d 100644 --- a/glossary.txt +++ b/glossary.txt @@ -118,10 +118,46 @@ citing them authoritatively. ;) summary of them in the network consensus. 3.0 Tor network protocols - Link handshake - Circuit handshake - Hidden Service Protocol - Directory Protocol + + 3.1 Link handshake + + The link handshake establishes the TLS connection over which two + Tor participants will send Tor cells. This handshake also + authenticates the participants to each other, possibly using Tor + cells. + + 3.2 Circuit handshake + + Circuit handshakes establish the hop-by-hop onion encryption + that clients use to tunnel their application traffic. The + client does a pairwise key establishment handshake with each + individual relay in the circuit. For every hop except the + first, these handshakes tunnel through existing hops in the + circuit. Each cell type in this protocol also has a newer + version (with a "2" suffix), e.g., CREATE2. + + CREATE cell: First part of a handshake, sent by the initiator. + + CREATED cell: Second part of a handshake, sent by the responder. + + EXTEND cell: (also known as a RELAY_EXTEND cell) First part of a + handshake, tunneled through an existing circuit. The last relay + in the circuit so far will decrypt this cell and send the + payload in a CREATED cell to the chosen next hop relay. + + EXTENDED cell: (also known as a RELAY_EXTENDED cell) Second part + of a handshake, tunneled through an existing circuit. The last + relay in the circuit so far receives the CREATED cell from the + new last hop relay and encrypts the payload in an EXTENDED cell + to tunnel back to the client. + + Onion skin: A CREATE/CREATE2 or EXTEND/EXTEND2 payload that + contains the first part of the TAP or ntor key establishment + handshake. + + 3.3 Hidden Service Protocol + + 3.4 Directory Protocol 4.0 General network definitions |