tor

commit f9615f9d770e035829e1ff238980d6ac6e852150
parent 167e5be05694208fd8804a2d60526e74c2ca97f4
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2017 08:42:20 -0400

Merge remote-tracking branch 'teor/bug22421'

Diffstat:
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src/or/config.c
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1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
@@ -558,11 +558,13 @@ static config_var_t option_vars_[] = {
                                  "10800, 21600, 43200"),
   /* With the ClientBootstrapConsensus*Download* below:
    * Clients with only authorities will try:
-   *  - 3 authorities over 10 seconds, then wait 60 minutes.
+   *  - at least 3 authorities over 10 seconds, then exponentially backoff,
+   *    with the next attempt 3-21 seconds later,
    * Clients with authorities and fallbacks will try:
-   *  - 2 authorities and 4 fallbacks over 21 seconds, then wait 60 minutes.
+   *  - at least 2 authorities and 4 fallbacks over 21 seconds, then
+   *    exponentially backoff, with the next attempts 4-33 seconds later,
    * Clients will also retry when an application request arrives.
-   * After a number of failed reqests, clients retry every 3 days + 1 hour.
+   * After a number of failed requests, clients retry every 3 days + 1 hour.
    *
    * Clients used to try 2 authorities over 10 seconds, then wait for
    * 60 minutes or an application request.