commit 9cf8d669fa416c151f60cb795555b6ef2ab53ecf Author: David Goulet <dgoulet@torproject.org> Date: Tue Feb 13 10:53:47 2018 -0500 man: Document default values if not in the consensus for DoS mitigation Fixes #25236 Signed-off-by: David Goulet <dgoulet@torproject.org> --- doc/tor.1.txt | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 58997cdf3..a7ee7d11c 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@ Denial of Service mitigation subsystem. address is positively identified, tor will activate defenses against the address. See the DoSCircuitCreationDefenseType option for more details. This is a client to relay detection only. "auto" means use the consensus - parameter. + parameter. If not defined in the consensus, the value is 0. (Default: auto) [[DoSCircuitCreationMinConnections]] **DoSCircuitCreationMinConnections** __NUM__:: @@ -2463,19 +2463,22 @@ Denial of Service mitigation subsystem. flagged as executing a circuit creation DoS. In other words, once a client address reaches the circuit rate and has a minimum of NUM concurrent connections, a detection is positive. "0" means use the consensus - parameter. + parameter. If not defined in the consensus, the value is 3. (Default: 0) [[DoSCircuitCreationRate]] **DoSCircuitCreationRate** __NUM__:: The allowed circuit creation rate per second applied per client IP - address. If this option is 0, it obeys a consensus parameter. (Default: 0) + address. If this option is 0, it obeys a consensus parameter. If not + defined in the consensus, the value is 3. + (Default: 0) [[DoSCircuitCreationBurst]] **DoSCircuitCreationBurst** __NUM__:: The allowed circuit creation burst per client IP address. If the circuit rate and the burst are reached, a client is marked as executing a circuit - creation DoS. "0" means use the consensus parameter. + creation DoS. "0" means use the consensus parameter. If not defined in the + consensus, the value is 90. (Default: 0) [[DoSCircuitCreationDefenseType]] **DoSCircuitCreationDefenseType** __NUM__:: @@ -2486,28 +2489,31 @@ Denial of Service mitigation subsystem. 1: No defense. 2: Refuse circuit creation for the DoSCircuitCreationDefenseTimePeriod period of time. + - "0" means use the consensus parameter. + "0" means use the consensus parameter. If not defined in the consensus, + the value is 2. (Default: 0) -[[DoSCircuitCreationDefenseTimePeriod]] **DoSCircuitCreationDefenseTimePeriod** __NUM__:: +[[DoSCircuitCreationDefenseTimePeriod]] **DoSCircuitCreationDefenseTimePeriod** __N__ **seconds**|**minutes**|**hours**:: - The base time period that the DoS defense is activated for. The actual - value is selected randomly for each activation from NUM+1 to 3/2 * NUM. - "0" means use the consensus parameter. - (Default: 0) + The base time period in seconds that the DoS defense is activated for. The + actual value is selected randomly for each activation from N+1 to 3/2 * N. + "0" means use the consensus parameter. If not defined in the consensus, + the value is 3600 seconds (1 hour). (Default: 0) [[DoSConnectionEnabled]] **DoSConnectionEnabled** **0**|**1**|**auto**:: Enable the connection DoS mitigation. For client address only, this allows tor to mitigate against large number of concurrent connections made by a - single IP address. "auto" means use the consensus parameter. + single IP address. "auto" means use the consensus parameter. If not + defined in the consensus, the value is 0. (Default: auto) [[DoSConnectionMaxConcurrentCount]] **DoSConnectionMaxConcurrentCount** __NUM__:: The maximum threshold of concurrent connection from a client IP address. Above this limit, a defense selected by DoSConnectionDefenseType is - applied. "0" means use the consensus parameter. + applied. "0" means use the consensus parameter. If not defined in the + consensus, the value is 100. (Default: 0) [[DoSConnectionDefenseType]] **DoSConnectionDefenseType** __NUM__:: @@ -2518,7 +2524,8 @@ Denial of Service mitigation subsystem. 1: No defense. 2: Immediately close new connections. + - "0" means use the consensus parameter. + "0" means use the consensus parameter. If not defined in the consensus, + the value is 2. (Default: 0) [[DoSRefuseSingleHopClientRendezvous]] **DoSRefuseSingleHopClientRendezvous** **0**|**1**|**auto**:: @@ -2526,7 +2533,7 @@ Denial of Service mitigation subsystem. Refuse establishment of rendezvous points for single hop clients. In other words, if a client directly connects to the relay and sends an ESTABLISH_RENDEZVOUS cell, it is silently dropped. "auto" means use the - consensus parameter. + consensus parameter. If not defined in the consensus, the value is 0. (Default: auto) TESTING NETWORK OPTIONS