commit b5b771b19df9fc052b424228045409467a7b6414 Author: George Kadianakis desnacked@riseup.net Date: Tue Nov 25 00:11:43 2014 +0000
Set default value for bw weights if absent from consensus. --- path-spec.txt | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/path-spec.txt b/path-spec.txt index 9575d25..f3c7c9f 100644 --- a/path-spec.txt +++ b/path-spec.txt @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ of their choices. position they are being selected for.
These weights are published in the consensus, and are computed as described - in Section 3.4.3 of dir-spec.txt. They are: + in Section "Computing Bandwidth Weights" of dir-spec.txt. They are:
Wgg - Weight for Guard-flagged nodes in the guard position Wgm - Weight for non-flagged nodes in the guard Position @@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ of their choices. Wbe - Weight for Guard+Exit-flagged nodes for BEGIN_DIR requests Wbd - Weight for Guard+Exit-flagged nodes for BEGIN_DIR requests
+ If any of those weights is malformed or not present in a consensus, + clients proceed with the regular path selection algorithm setting + the weights to the default value of 10000. + Additionally, we may be building circuits with one or more requests in mind. Each kind of request puts certain constraints on paths: