[or-cvs] [tor/master] document my new relay-early behavior

[arma at seul.org]

Author: Roger Dingledine <arma at torproject.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:39:12 -0400
Subject: document my new relay-early behavior
Commit: 146eae318fe897be61087b525f4b43a1c6b59e6b

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 doc/spec/tor-spec.txt |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/spec/tor-spec.txt b/doc/spec/tor-spec.txt
index 77a91ca..a321aa8 100644
--- a/doc/spec/tor-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/spec/tor-spec.txt
@@ -661,8 +661,11 @@ see tor-design.pdf.
    is speaking v2 of the link protocol or later, the OR relays the cell as a
    RELAY_EARLY cell.  Otherwise, it relays it as a RELAY cell.
 
-   If a node ever receives more than 8 RELAY_EARLY cells on a given circuit,
-   it SHOULD close the circuit.
+   If a node ever receives more than 8 RELAY_EARLY cells on a given
+   outbound circuit, it SHOULD close the circuit. (For historical reasons,
+   we don't limit the number of inbound RELAY_EARLY cells; they should
+   be harmless anyway because clients won't accept extend requests. See
+   bug 1038.)
 
    When speaking v2 of the link protocol or later, clients MUST only send
    EXTEND cells inside RELAY_EARLY cells.  Clients SHOULD send the first ~8
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