diff --git a/doc/spec/proposals/000-index.txt b/doc/spec/proposals/000-index.txt index 7880e017ab..9ea3d7aa27 100644 --- a/doc/spec/proposals/000-index.txt +++ b/doc/spec/proposals/000-index.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Status: Meta Overview: - This document provides an index to closed and open Tor proposals. + This document provides an index to Tor proposals. This is an informational document. @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Proposals by number: 099 Miscellaneous proposals [META] 100 Tor Unreliable Datagram Extension Proposal [DEAD] 101 Voting on the Tor Directory System [OPEN] -102 Droping "opt" from the directory format [CLOSED] +102 Dropping "opt" from the directory format [CLOSED] 103 Splitting identity key from regularly used signing key [OPEN] 104 Long and Short Router Descriptors [OPEN] 105 Version negotiation for the Tor protocol [OPEN] diff --git a/doc/spec/proposals/001-process.txt b/doc/spec/proposals/001-process.txt index 418a5b853a..2ece64f43a 100644 --- a/doc/spec/proposals/001-process.txt +++ b/doc/spec/proposals/001-process.txt @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Motivation: First, even at its most efficient, the old process would often have the spec out of sync with the code. The worst cases were those where - implementation was deferred: the spec and could stay out of sync for + implementation was deferred: the spec and code could stay out of sync for versions at a time. Second, it was hard to participate in discussion, since you had to know @@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ How to change the specs now: remain the canonical documentation for the Tor protocol: no proposal is ever the canonical documentation for an implemented feature. - {It's still okay to make mall changes to the spec if the code can be + {It's still okay to make small changes to the spec if the code can be written more or less immediately, or cosmetic changes if no code change is required. This document reflects the current developers' _intent_, not a permanent promise to always use this process in the future: we reserve the right to get really excited and run off and implement something in a - caffeine-and-m&m-fueled all-night hacking session.} + caffeine-or-m&m-fueled all-night hacking session.} Proposal status: @@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ What should go in a proposal: The body of the proposal should start with an Overview section explaining what the proposal's about, what it does, and about what state it's in. - After the Overview, the proposal becomes more free-form. Depending its + After the Overview, the proposal becomes more free-form. Depending on its the length and complexity, the proposal can break into sections as appropriate, or follow a short discursive format. Every proposal should contain at least the following information before it can be "ACCEPTED", - thought the information does not need to be in sections with these names. + though the information does not need to be in sections with these names. Motivation: What problem is the proposal trying to solve? Why does this problem matter? If several approaches are possible, why take this @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ What should go in a proposal: Motivation and a Design, and wait for a specification until the Design seems approximately right. - Security implications: What effects might the proposed changes have on + Security implications: What effects the proposed changes might have on anonymity, how well understood these effects are, and so on. Specification: A detailed description of what needs to be added to the @@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ What should go in a proposal: Compatibility: Will versions of Tor that follow the proposal be compatible with versions that do not? If so, how will compatibility - me achieved? Generally, we try to not to drop compatibility if at - all possible; we haven't made a "flag day" change since 2003 or - earlier, and we don't want to do another one. [XXX is this true?] + be achieved? Generally, we try to not drop compatibility if at + all possible; we haven't made a "flag day" change since May 2004, + and we don't want to do another one. Implementation: If the proposal will be tricky to implement in Tor's current architecture, the document can contain some discussion of how diff --git a/doc/spec/proposals/098-todo.txt b/doc/spec/proposals/098-todo.txt index 4d0f2141e3..06bac5cc8d 100644 --- a/doc/spec/proposals/098-todo.txt +++ b/doc/spec/proposals/098-todo.txt @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ Any time: - Spec should incorporate some prose from tor-design to be more readable. - Spec when we should rotate which keys + - We should use a variable-length path length by default -- 3 +/- some + distribution. Need to think harder about allowing values less than 3, + and there's a tradeoff between having a wide variance and performance. Things that should change... @@ -73,5 +76,6 @@ B.2. ... and that we have no idea how to do. doesn't grow with the number of hops, is not patented, and is implemented and maintained by smart people. -Let onion keys be not just RSA but maybe DH too. for the reply onion +Let onion keys be not just RSA but maybe DH too, for Paul's reply onion design. + diff --git a/doc/spec/proposals/099-misc.txt b/doc/spec/proposals/099-misc.txt index c36ca21d68..7af7088954 100644 --- a/doc/spec/proposals/099-misc.txt +++ b/doc/spec/proposals/099-misc.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Filename: 100-tor-spec-udp.txt +Filename: 099-misc.txt Title: Miscellaneous proposals Version: $Revision$ Last-Modified: $Date$ diff --git a/doc/spec/proposals/100-tor-spec-udp.txt b/doc/spec/proposals/100-tor-spec-udp.txt index 84be1bbf12..de1505c969 100644 --- a/doc/spec/proposals/100-tor-spec-udp.txt +++ b/doc/spec/proposals/100-tor-spec-udp.txt @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ What changes need to happen to each node's exit policy to support this? -RD Switching to UDP means managing the queues of incoming packets better, so we don't miss packets. How does this interact with doing large public -key operations (handshakes) in the same thread? +key operations (handshakes) in the same thread? -RD ======================================================================== COMMENTS diff --git a/doc/spec/proposals/104-short-descriptors.txt b/doc/spec/proposals/104-short-descriptors.txt index 4cfc19a806..c003a091e2 100644 --- a/doc/spec/proposals/104-short-descriptors.txt +++ b/doc/spec/proposals/104-short-descriptors.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Filename: 104-short-descriptors.txt -Title: Long and Short Router Descriptors +Title: Long and Short Router Descriptors Version: $Revision$ Last-Modified: $Date$ Author: Nick Mathewson