[tor-commits] [torspec/main] Note that only three-hop circuits are used as build time observations.

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Tue Sep 7 20:36:40 UTC 2021


commit 8f5b7021b65b5379ad7fecc6f0559a21af77d740
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 27 10:47:01 2021 -0400

    Note that only three-hop circuits are used as build time observations.
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 path-spec.txt | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/path-spec.txt b/path-spec.txt
index 235f64b..77368d8 100644
--- a/path-spec.txt
+++ b/path-spec.txt
@@ -413,6 +413,9 @@ of their choices.
    good fit over the long term, clients store 1000 most recent circuit build
    times in a circular array.
 
+   These build times only include the times required to build three-hop
+   circuits. Other circuits' build times are not included.
+
    The Tor client should build test circuits at a rate of one every 'cbttestfreq'
    (10 seconds) until 'cbtmincircs' (100 circuits) are built, with a maximum of
    'cbtmaxopencircs' (default: 10) circuits open at once. This allows a fresh





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