[tor-bugs] #1993 [Tor Relay]: Documentation of BridgeRelay and PublishServerDescriptor is incorrect
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#1993: Documentation of BridgeRelay and PublishServerDescriptor is incorrect
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Reporter: rransom | Type: defect
Status: new | Priority: normal
Milestone: Tor: 0.2.2.x-final | Component: Tor Relay
Version: | Keywords:
Parent: |
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The descriptions of the !BridgeRelay and !PublishServerDescriptor options
in the tor(1) man page are no longer correct.
* !BridgeRelay is not ‘Usually used in combination with
!PublishServerDescriptor’ anymore, because the !PublishServerDescriptor
option is not in the sample torrc in the Tor distribution.
* The main effect of the !BridgeRelay option is now to cause a relay to
publish a bridge descriptor to the bridge authority (rather than a relay
descriptor to the public directory authorities), not to influence ‘how the
relay will cache and serve directory information’.
* Based on the syntax specified for !PublishServerDescriptor, it appears
to control publication of ''all'' things called descriptors -- not just
relay descriptors, as the documentation suggests, but also bridge
descriptors and hidden service descriptors.
* In particular, the ‘hidserv’ flag to !PublishServerDescriptor appears
to be considered even for Tor instances that do not define ORPort.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/1993>
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