commit dc7bddf4aea0c6fd56bde4e3e0c7f67228f64626 Author: George Kadianakis desnacked@riseup.net Date: Fri May 19 15:16:20 2017 +0300

Fix some issues in guard-spec.txt pointed out by arma.

See https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2017-May/012263.html . --- guard-spec.txt | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/guard-spec.txt b/guard-spec.txt index 404df9a..69fff0a 100644 --- a/guard-spec.txt +++ b/guard-spec.txt @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@

Randomized to a point in the past as RAND(now, {GUARD_LIFETIME}/10).

- We add new members to {CONFIRMED_GUARDS} when we mark a circuit + We append new members to {CONFIRMED_GUARDS} when we mark a circuit built through a guard as "for user traffic."

Whenever we remove a member from {SAMPLED_GUARDS}, we also remove @@ -373,13 +373,13 @@ To compute primary guards, take the ordered intersection of {CONFIRMED_GUARDS} and {FILTERED_GUARDS}, and take the first {N_PRIMARY_GUARDS} elements. If there are fewer than - {N_PRIMARY_GUARDS} elements, add additional elements to + {N_PRIMARY_GUARDS} elements, append additional elements to PRIMARY_GUARDS chosen _uniformly_ at random from ({FILTERED_GUARDS} - {CONFIRMED_GUARDS}).

Once an element has been added to {PRIMARY_GUARDS}, we do not remove it until it is replaced by some element from {CONFIRMED_GUARDS}. Confirmed - elements always proceed unconfirmed ones in the {PRIMARY_GUARDS} list. + elements always precede unconfirmed ones in the {PRIMARY_GUARDS} list.

Note that {PRIMARY_GUARDS} do not have to be in {USABLE_FILTERED_GUARDS}: they might be unreachable. @@ -478,7 +478,7 @@

* Otherwise, if USABLE_FILTERED_GUARDS is empty, we have exhausted all the sampled guards. In this case we proceed by marking all guards - as <maybe> reachable so that we can keep on sampling. + as <maybe> reachable so that we can keep on trying circuits.

Whenever we select a guard for a new circuit attempt, we update the {last_tried_connect} time for the guard to 'now.' @@ -784,8 +784,8 @@ A.4. Persistent state format "rsa_id" -- the RSA id digest for this guard, encoded in hex. Required.

- "bridge_addr" -- If the guard is a bridge, its configured - address and OR port. Optional. + "bridge_addr" -- If the guard is a bridge, its configured address and + port (this can be the ORPort or a pluggable transport port). Optional.

"nickname" -- the guard's nickname, if any. Optional.