commit 315ce4fc3b6677cd76bd8c303a5b72377dc25649 Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Mon Aug 16 11:12:17 2021 -0400

Clarify behavior on out-of-bounds link padding parameters. --- tor-spec.txt | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tor-spec.txt b/tor-spec.txt index 8d345fb..7e76562 100644 --- a/tor-spec.txt +++ b/tor-spec.txt @@ -1954,9 +1954,11 @@ see tor-design.pdf. field is either 1 (stop padding) or 2 (start padding). For the start padding command, a pair of timeout values specifying a low and a high range bounds for randomized padding timeouts may be specified as unsigned - integer values in milliseconds. The ito_low_ms field must not be lower than - the current consensus parameter value for nf_ito_low (default: 1500). - ito_high_ms must be greater than ito_low_ms. + integer values in milliseconds. The ito_low_ms field should not be lower + than the current consensus parameter value for nf_ito_low (default: + 1500). The ito_high_ms field must should not be lower than ito_low_ms. + (If any party receives an out-of-range value, they clamp it so + that it is in-range.)

For more details on padding behavior, see padding-spec.txt.