Commit 277295ef authored by Roger Dingledine's avatar Roger Dingledine
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circwindow consensus param != CircWindow

aka update dir-spec.txt to reflect reality
parent c18bcc8a
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        Parameters ::= Parameter | Parameters SP Parameter

        The parameters list, if present, contains a space-separated list of
        key-value pairs, sorted in lexical order by their keyword.  Each
        parameter has its own meaning.
        case-sensitive key-value pairs, sorted in lexical order by
        their keyword. Each parameter has its own meaning.

        (Only included when the vote is generated with consensus-method 7 or
        later.)

        Commonly used "param" arguments at this point include:

        "CircWindow" -- the default package window that circuits should
        "circwindow" -- the default package window that circuits should
        be established with. It started out at 1000 cells, but some
        research indicates that a lower value would mean fewer cells in
        transit in the network at any given time. Obeyed by Tor 0.2.1.20
@@ -1168,6 +1168,10 @@
        and 0.2.2.10-alpha recognized a "CircPriorityHalflifeMsec" parameter,
        but mishandled it badly.)

        See also "2.4.5. Consensus parameters governing behavior"
        in path-spec.txt for a series of circuit build time related
        consensus params.

   The authority section of a vote contains the following items, followed
   in turn by the authority's current key certificate: