commit 8e07798284faba6cc2492ca98e50f2e8bcb70934 Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Tue May 15 11:22:06 2012 -0400

Clarify MaxCircuitDirtiness behavior with hidden services. Bug 5259. --- changes/bug5259 | 3 +++ doc/tor.1.txt | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/bug5259 b/changes/bug5259 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bdada58 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug5259 @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Documentation fixes: + - Clarify the behavior of MaxCircuitDirtiness with hidden service + circuits. Fix for issue 5259. diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 25a440d..5f10f68 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -651,8 +651,9 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if

**MaxCircuitDirtiness** __NUM__:: Feel free to reuse a circuit that was first used at most NUM seconds ago, - but never attach a new stream to a circuit that is too old. (Default: 10 - minutes) + but never attach a new stream to a circuit that is too old. For hidden + services, this applies to the __last__ time a circuit was used, not the + first. (Default: 10 minutes)

**NodeFamily** __node__,__node__,__...__:: The Tor servers, defined by their identity fingerprints or nicknames,