From ff6bb13c02b3bb217ac8d48d5a20953f1b188d46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:05:39 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] NumDirectoryGuards now tracks NumEntryGuards by default Now a user who changes only NumEntryGuards will get the behavior she expects. Fixes bug 9354; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha. --- changes/bug9354 | 5 +++++ doc/tor.1.txt | 6 ++++-- src/or/config.c | 2 +- src/or/entrynodes.c | 17 +++++++++++++---- src/or/or.h | 3 ++- 5 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) create mode 100644 changes/bug9354 diff --git a/changes/bug9354 b/changes/bug9354 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..68fc81a595 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug9354 @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ + o Minor bugfixes: + - Make the default behavior of NumDirectoryGuards be to track + NumEntryGuards. Now a user who changes only NumEntryGuards will get + the behavior she expects. Fixes bug 9354; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha. + diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index d5fab04cd0..86e9afc18d 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1043,7 +1043,8 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if fraction of your paths. (Default: 1) **UseEntryGuardsAsDirectoryGuards** **0**|**1**:: - If this option is set to 1, we try to use our entry guards as directory + If this option is set to 1, and UseEntryGuards is also set to 1, + we try to use our entry guards as directory guards, and failing that, pick more nodes to act as our directory guards. This helps prevent an adversary from enumerating clients. It's only available for clients (non-relay, non-bridge) that aren't configured to @@ -1056,7 +1057,8 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if **NumDirectoryGuards** __NUM__:: If UseEntryGuardsAsDirectoryGuards is enabled, we try to make sure we - have at least NUM routers to use as directory guards. (Default: 3) + have at least NUM routers to use as directory guards. If this option + is set to 0, use the value from NumEntryGuards. (Default: 0) **GuardLifetime** __N__ **days**|**weeks**|**months**:: If nonzero, and UseEntryGuards is set, minimum time to keep a guard before diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c index bf82643b91..72ceea395e 100644 --- a/src/or/config.c +++ b/src/or/config.c @@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static config_var_t option_vars_[] = { OBSOLETE("NoPublish"), VAR("NodeFamily", LINELIST, NodeFamilies, NULL), V(NumCPUs, UINT, "0"), - V(NumDirectoryGuards, UINT, "3"), + V(NumDirectoryGuards, UINT, "0"), V(NumEntryGuards, UINT, "3"), V(ORListenAddress, LINELIST, NULL), VPORT(ORPort, LINELIST, NULL), diff --git a/src/or/entrynodes.c b/src/or/entrynodes.c index 7a1f67d16a..f1af75aefb 100644 --- a/src/or/entrynodes.c +++ b/src/or/entrynodes.c @@ -415,14 +415,24 @@ add_an_entry_guard(const node_t *chosen, int reset_status, int prepend, return node; } +/** Choose how many entry guards or directory guards we'll use. If + * for_directory is true, we return how many directory guards to + * use; else we return how many entry guards to use. */ +static int +decide_num_guards(const or_options_t *options, int for_directory) +{ + if (for_directory && options->NumDirectoryGuards != 0) + return options->NumDirectoryGuards; + return options->NumEntryGuards; +} + /** If the use of entry guards is configured, choose more entry guards * until we have enough in the list. */ static void pick_entry_guards(const or_options_t *options, int for_directory) { int changed = 0; - const int num_needed = for_directory ? options->NumDirectoryGuards : - options->NumEntryGuards; + const int num_needed = decide_num_guards(options, for_directory); tor_assert(entry_guards); @@ -962,8 +972,7 @@ choose_random_entry_impl(cpath_build_state_t *state, int for_directory, int need_capacity = state ? state->need_capacity : 0; int preferred_min, consider_exit_family = 0; int need_descriptor = !for_directory; - const int num_needed = for_directory ? options->NumDirectoryGuards : - options->NumEntryGuards; + const int num_needed = decide_num_guards(options, for_directory); if (chosen_exit) { nodelist_add_node_and_family(exit_family, chosen_exit); diff --git a/src/or/or.h b/src/or/or.h index 0b8d057aaf..3dc96b9a9d 100644 --- a/src/or/or.h +++ b/src/or/or.h @@ -3769,7 +3769,8 @@ typedef struct { int NumEntryGuards; /**< How many entry guards do we try to establish? */ int UseEntryGuardsAsDirGuards; /** Boolean: Do we try to get directory info * from a smallish number of fixed nodes? */ - int NumDirectoryGuards; /**< How many dir guards do we try to establish? */ + int NumDirectoryGuards; /**< How many dir guards do we try to establish? + * If 0, use value from NumEntryGuards. */ int RephistTrackTime; /**< How many seconds do we keep rephist info? */ int FastFirstHopPK; /**< If Tor believes it is safe, should we save a third * of our PK time by sending CREATE_FAST cells? */