torspec/glossary.txt
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Glossary
The Tor Project
Note: This document aims to specify terms, notations or phrases related
to Tor and The Tor Project.
This glossary is not a design document; it is only a reference.
0. Preliminaries
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL
NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
RFC 2119.
0.1 Commonly used Tor configuration terms
ORPort - Onion Router Port
DirPort - Directory Port
0.2 Tor network components
Relay, aka OR (onion router) -
Exit relay
Non-exit relay
Guard relay
Client, aka OP (onion proxy)
Bridge -
Circuit -
Stream
Edge connection:
TLS connection:
Link handshake
Circuit handshake