glossary.txt

                                  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