commit 9b1d5e8826e93f5d45a9d1ea7b7223fcfee2e484
parent b116710e313c6debf9bc172e462837782def57bd
Author: teor <teor2345@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 10:46:00 +1000
man page: FetchUselessDescriptors stops tor going idle
Also explain how FetchUselessDescriptors and UseMicrodescriptors are
different.
Closes 25998.
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -543,10 +543,13 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
If set to 1, Tor will fetch every consensus flavor, descriptor, and
certificate that it hears about. Otherwise, it will avoid fetching useless
descriptors: flavors that it is not using to build circuits, and authority
- certificates it does not trust. This option is useful if you're using a
+ certificates it does not trust. Tor stops fetching descriptors if it
+ hasn't built any circuits lately: this option makes Tor keep fetching
+ descriptors, even when idle. This option is useful if you're using a
tor client with an external parser that uses a full consensus.
This option fetches all documents, **DirCache** fetches and serves
- all documents. (Default: 0)
+ all documents, **UseMicrodescriptors 0** fetches full descriptors and uses
+ them to build circuits. (Default: 0)
[[HTTPProxy]] **HTTPProxy** __host__[:__port__]::
Tor will make all its directory requests through this host:port (or host:80
