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Proposal 340 clarifications

Jim Newsome requested to merge jnewsome/torspec:p340-tweaks into main

Notably:

  • end-of-message marker is omitted when message data ends at exactly a relay cell boundary.
  • packing is more for hiding control messages from network observers than for network efficiency.
  • Specify the new subprotocol RelayCell.
  • Explicitly state that cells with unrecognized relay commands should result in immediate circuit closure, even if the rest of the message hasn't arrived yet due to fragmentation.
  • Add note that initial packing algorithm needs to be updated.

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