commit 8083e7c80bb2efb659207e9ce827a42552dc901c Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Tue Mar 14 19:46:57 2017 -0400
Note that bandwidth-limit options only affect TCP data. --- changes/bug17170 | 3 +++ doc/tor.1.txt | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/changes/bug17170 b/changes/bug17170 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..24a9b94 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug17170 @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Documentation: + - Note that bandwidth-limiting options don't affect TCP headers or DNS. + Closes ticket 17170. diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 1665cfe..2f8d7bd 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS course, more is better; we recommend at least 250 KBytes (2 mbits) if possible. (Default: 1 GByte) + + + Note that this option, and other bandwidth-limiting options, apply to TCP + data only: They do not count TCP headers or DNS traffic. + + + With this option, and in other options that take arguments in bytes, KBytes, and so on, other formats are also supported. Notably, "KBytes" can also be written as "kilobytes" or "kb"; "MBytes" can be written as