On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 10:26:51PM +0100, Andreas Krey wrote: > > > It is just the nicer way to say goodbye to clients - I guess. > > Also, tor then has a chance to gracefully shut down circuits so > that at least short-lived connections don't break by the shutdown.
Yes, this is it. Once you start the shutdown process, your relay refuses new create cells, new begin cells, etc. The hope is that if somebody is in the middle of fetching a web page via you, they finish fetching it before you disappear. --Roger -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
