[tor-commits] [torspec/main] Clarify behavior on out-of-bounds link padding parameters.

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit 315ce4fc3b6677cd76bd8c303a5b72377dc25649
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at 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.