On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:36:40 +1100 "Cameorn Burns"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ta for that Drake....
>
Sigh. From the freebsd-questions list, please read first:
-> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:05:59 -0500
-> From: Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-> Subject: Re: top posting (off-topic)
-> To: "Brent Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
->
-> "Brent Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-> >
-> > I for one prefer top posting, as usually I have read a particular thread
-> > enough times that I like to cut to the chase and read the new input
-> > without having to scroll down, sometimes navigating an endless nesting
-> > of >>> For me, reading through top posted replies saves time and
-> > effort. If I happened to miss something in the conversation I can
-> > scroll down to find it.
->
-> There are three reasons _not_ to top-post and to post inline, trimming
-> your response intelligently:
->
-> 1) Top-posting does not scale up to large, complex emails. It produces
-> incomprehensible responses when the conversation requires more than
-> a yes or no answer.
-> 2) Stop thinking about yourself and realize that most messages read in
-> archives long after they were posted. Top posted messages in archives
-> are a lot more difficult to parse, and usually require a lot of clicking
-> around to get back to earlier messages, etc.
-> 3) RFC-1855 says so.
->
-> Most people who _honestly_ ask this question simply don't have a lot of
-> experience with online discussions. Take the advice of people who have
-> been doing this for years and you look smart.
->
-> --
-> Bill Moran
-> http://www.potentialtech.com
Then read below for a more useful answer to your question.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>Behalf Of Drake Wilson
>Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2008 9:29 AM
>To: or-talk@freehaven.net
>Subject: Re: setting the minimum number of routers used in the network
>
>Quoth Cameorn Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 2008-01-02
>09:17:53 +1100:
>> Does anyone out there know whether there is a way within the torrc file to
>> specify the minimum number of nodes to route through? I note that the
>> default appears to be 3
>
>Hum.
>https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#VariablePathLength
>
The value 3 is hard-coded and as a *literal*, not even via a preprocessor
variable. Search in circuitbuild.c for "routelen", and you'll find it.
Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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