commit cf55070e2c659a9af7835db851dd3f73f1d0d1ba Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Wed Feb 25 09:22:03 2015 -0500

Standardize on calling them "server descriptors".

Part of 14987 --- changes/bug14987b-doc | 4 ++++ doc/tor.1.txt | 20 ++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/bug14987b-doc b/changes/bug14987b-doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b8b2392 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug14987b-doc @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ + o Documentation: + - Standardize on the term "server descriptor" in the manual page. + Previously, we had used "router descriptor", "server descriptor", + and "relay descriptor" interchangeably. Part of ticket 14987. diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index e136bd0..a77cb9b 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if [[DownloadExtraInfo]] **DownloadExtraInfo** **0**|**1**:: If true, Tor downloads and caches "extra-info" documents. These documents contain information about servers other than the information in their - regular router descriptors. Tor does not use this information for anything + regular server descriptors. Tor does not use this information for anything itself; to save bandwidth, leave this option turned off. (Default: 0)

[[WarnPlaintextPorts]] **WarnPlaintextPorts** __port__,__port__,__...__:: @@ -1490,8 +1490,8 @@ is non-zero): [[BridgeRelay]] **BridgeRelay** **0**|**1**:: Sets the relay to act as a "bridge" with respect to relaying connections from bridge users to the Tor network. It mainly causes Tor to publish a - server descriptor to the bridge database, rather than publishing a relay - descriptor to the public directory authorities. + server descriptor to the bridge database, rather than + to the public directory authorities.

[[ContactInfo]] **ContactInfo** __email_address__:: Administrative contact information for this relay or bridge. This line @@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ on the public Tor network.

[[BridgeAuthoritativeDir]] **BridgeAuthoritativeDir** **0**|**1**:: When this option is set in addition to **AuthoritativeDirectory**, Tor - accepts and serves router descriptors, but it caches and serves the main + accepts and serves server descriptors, but it caches and serves the main networkstatus documents rather than generating its own. (Default: 0)

[[MinUptimeHidServDirectoryV2]] **MinUptimeHidServDirectoryV2** __N__ **seconds**|**minutes**|**hours**|**days**|**weeks**:: @@ -1948,9 +1948,9 @@ on the public Tor network. in the "params" line of its networkstatus vote.

[[DirAllowPrivateAddresses]] **DirAllowPrivateAddresses** **0**|**1**:: - If set to 1, Tor will accept router descriptors with arbitrary "Address" + If set to 1, Tor will accept server descriptors with arbitrary "Address" elements. Otherwise, if the address is not an IP address or is a private IP - address, it will reject the router descriptor. (Default: 0) + address, it will reject the server descriptor. (Default: 0)

[[AuthDirBadExit]] **AuthDirBadExit** __AddressPattern...__:: Authoritative directories only. A set of address patterns for servers that @@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ The following options are used for running a testing Tor network. that **TestingTorNetwork** is set. (Default: 30 minutes)

[[TestingEstimatedDescriptorPropagationTime]] **TestingEstimatedDescriptorPropagationTime** __N__ **minutes**|**hours**:: - Clients try downloading router descriptors from directory caches after this + Clients try downloading server descriptors from directory caches after this time. Changing this requires that **TestingTorNetwork** is set. (Default: 10 minutes)

@@ -2260,7 +2260,7 @@ The following options are used for running a testing Tor network. this requires that **TestingTorNetwork** is set. (Default: 8)

[[TestingDescriptorMaxDownloadTries]] **TestingDescriptorMaxDownloadTries** __NUM__:: - Try this often to download a router descriptor before giving up. + Try this often to download a server descriptor before giving up. Changing this requires that **TestingTorNetwork** is set. (Default: 8)

[[TestingMicrodescMaxDownloadTries]] **TestingMicrodescMaxDownloadTries** __NUM__:: @@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ __DataDirectory__**/state**:: below). - When the file was last written - What version of Tor generated the state file - - A short history of bandwidth usage, as produced in the router + - A short history of bandwidth usage, as produced in the server descriptors.

__DataDirectory__**/bw_accounting**:: @@ -2447,7 +2447,7 @@ __DataDirectory__**/unverified-microdesc-consensus**:: to check yet.

__DataDirectory__**/unparseable-desc**:: - Onion router descriptors that Tor was unable to parse are dumped to this + Onion server descriptors that Tor was unable to parse are dumped to this file. Only used for debugging.

__DataDirectory__**/router-stability**::