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diff --git a/padding-spec.txt b/padding-spec.txt index 511ea01..2ffd33d 100644 --- a/padding-spec.txt +++ b/padding-spec.txt @@ -266,6 +266,16 @@ Table of Contents immediately after sending their NETINFO cell. Recipients SHOULD, however, accept padding negotiation messages at any time. + If a client which previously negotiated reduced, or disabled, padding, and + wishes to re-enable default padding (ie padding according to the consensus + parameters), it SHOULD send CELL_PADDING_NEGOTIATE START with zero in the + ito_low_ms and ito_high_ms fields. (It therefore SHOULD NOT copy the values + from its own established consensus into the CELL_PADDING_NEGOTIATE cell.) + This avoids the client needing to send updated padding negotiations if the + consensus parameters should change. The recipient's clamping of the timing + parameters will cause the recipienty to use its notion of the consensus + parameters. + Clients and bridges MUST reject padding negotiation messages from relays, and close the channel if they receive one. |