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diff --git a/spec/path-spec/when-we-build.md b/spec/path-spec/when-we-build.md index ca9b704..cbcf7da 100644 --- a/spec/path-spec/when-we-build.md +++ b/spec/path-spec/when-we-build.md @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ <a id="path-spec.txt-2.1"></a> -## When we build +# When we build <a id="path-spec.txt-2.1.0"></a> -### We don't build circuits until we have enough directory info +## We don't build circuits until we have enough directory info There's a class of possible attacks where our directory servers only give us information about the relays that they would like us @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ fraction of middle relays. <a id="path-spec.txt-2.1.1"></a> -### Clients build circuits preemptively +## Clients build circuits preemptively When running as a client, Tor tries to maintain at least a certain number of clean circuits, so that new streams can be handled @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ persistent medium. <a id="path-spec.txt-2.1.2"></a> -### Clients build circuits on demand +## Clients build circuits on demand Additionally, when a client request exists that no circuit (built or pending) might support, we create a new circuit to support the request. @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ clean; see Section 2.3 (cannibalizing circuits) for details. <a id="path-spec.txt-2.1.3"></a> -### Relays build circuits for testing reachability and bandwidth +## Relays build circuits for testing reachability and bandwidth Tor relays test reachability of their ORPort once they have successfully built a circuit (on startup and whenever their IP address @@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ this purpose. <a id="path-spec.txt-2.1.4"></a> -### Hidden-service circuits +## Hidden-service circuits See section 4 below. <a id="path-spec.txt-2.1.5"></a> -### Rate limiting of failed circuits +## Rate limiting of failed circuits If we fail to build a circuit N times in a X second period (see Section 2.3 for how this works), we stop building circuits until the X seconds @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ XXXX <a id="path-spec.txt-2.1.6"></a> -### When to tear down circuits +## When to tear down circuits Clients should tear down circuits (in general) only when those circuits have no streams on them. Additionally, clients should tear-down |