From 601712f0a3adaeb0147c62e999f87b8efbb7623d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Palfrader Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:41:49 +0000 Subject: Spelling fixes. seperate_rlists was renamed to separate_rlists. --- doc/pingd.conf.pod | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/pingd.conf.pod b/doc/pingd.conf.pod index 1735ae7..79dca05 100644 --- a/doc/pingd.conf.pod +++ b/doc/pingd.conf.pod @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ =head1 NAME -pingd.conf - configuration file for the echolot ping daemon +pingd.conf - configuration file for the Echolot ping daemon =head1 DESCRIPTION -The file B sets configuration parameteres for the echolot pingd(1). -It is a perl script that gets eval()ed from withing pingd. It has to set the +The file B sets configuration parameters for the Echolot pingd(1). +It is a Perl script that gets eval()ed from withing pingd. It has to set the values in the $CONFIG hash. =cut @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ A short name for your site/pinger. Is used in the statistics produced. =item B -The local part of the pingers email address. +The local part of the pinger's email address. In C the localpart is C. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ In C the localpart is C. =item B -The domain part of the pingers email address. +The domain part of the pinger's email address. In C the localpart is C. @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ parameters. =item B [integer] Echolot uses email addresses like C. MAC -is Message Authentification Code used to verify that the address +is Message Authentication Code used to verify that the address was actually generated by this pinger using a secret which is set from random data the first time you run B. Echolot uses MD5 as the MAC hash function. @@ -141,17 +141,17 @@ Show new remailers in public stats by default. =over -=item B [bool] +=item B [bool] -Also build sperate rlists with data from only DSA pings, only RSA pings and -only plaintext pings. +Also build separate rlists with data from only DSA pings, only RSA pings and +only unencrypted pings. - Default: 'seperate_rlists' => 0, - Example: 'seperate_rlists' => 1, + Default: 'separate_realists' => 0, + Example: 'separate_rlists' => 1, =item B [bool] -Build a combinded list of all different stats too. While this is no +Build a combined list of all different stats too. While this is no standard format it is nice to read for a human eye. Default: 'combined_list' => 0, @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ commit them to the list of remailers. =item B [seconds] -How often to expire old keys, pingds and remailers +How often to expire old keys, pings and remailers Default: 'expire' => 24*60*60, # daily Example: 'expire' => 8*60*60, # every 8 hours @@ -243,26 +243,28 @@ B time. How often to check assumed dead remailers for resurrection. - Default: 'getkeyconf' => 7*24*60*60, # weekly - Example: 'getkeyconf' => 24*24*60*60, # every other week + Default: 'check_resurrection' => 7*24*60*60, # weekly + Example: 'check_resurrection' => 24*24*60*60, # every other week =item B [seconds] =item B [integer] How often to send pings. Pings are sent every B seconds. The -same remailer is pinged every B. This is done this way in -order to avoid spikes. +same remailer is pinged every B time pings are sent (This +means the same remailer is pinged every B * +B seconds). It is done this way in order to avoid +spikes. Default: 'pinger_interval' => 5*60, # send out pings every 5 minutes 'ping_every_nth_time' => 48, # send out pings to the same remailer every 48 calls, i.e. every 4 hours - Example: 'pinger_interval' => 60*60, # send out pings every minute + Example: 'pinger_interval' => 60, # send out pings every minute 'ping_every_nth_time' => 60, # send out pings to the same remailer every 60 calls, i.e. every hour =item B [integer] How many times to request remailer-xxx from a remailer (done every -B seconds, daily per default) without a reply before it is asumed +B seconds, daily per default) without a reply before it is assumed dead. Default: 'addresses_default_ttl' => 5, # getkeyconf seconds (days if getkeyconf is 24*60*60, the default) @@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ After which time to expire files in the thesaurus directory. =item B -The base directory of the echolot installation. All other filenames and +The base directory of the Echolot installation. All other filenames and directorynames are local to this directory. B changes into this directory upon startup. @@ -379,7 +381,7 @@ show set to false are shown here too). Default: 'private_resultdir' => 'results', -=item B +=item B The file to write the index.html to (relative to the result directory). @@ -395,10 +397,10 @@ encryption/decryption actions. =item B -Name of the GnuPG executeable. If it is not in your PATH make sure to +Name of the GnuPG executable. If it is not in your PATH make sure to include path information. -If B is an empty string, the C default (usually B) +If B is an empty string, the C default (usually B) is used. Default: 'gnupg' => '', @@ -410,11 +412,11 @@ The directory which is used as temporal Mixmaster home for all keyring and encryption/decryption actions. Default: 'mixhome' => 'mixhome', - Example: 'mixmaster' => '/home/pinger/Mix', + Example: 'mixhome' => '/home/pinger/Mix', =item B -Name of the mixmaster executeable. If it is not in your PATH make sure to +Name of the mixmaster executable. If it is not in your PATH make sure to include path information. Default: 'mixmaster' => 'mix', @@ -437,7 +439,7 @@ to the daemon process which reads and empties the file. =item B -The daemon's pid file. The daemon's Process ID is stored in this file. +The daemon's PID file. The daemon's Process ID is stored in this file. As long as it exists pingd refuses to start up in daemon mode. Default: 'pidfile' => 'pingd.pid', @@ -512,7 +514,7 @@ Send out CPunk pings to CPunk remailers with their RSA key. =item B -Send out plaintext pings to CPunk remailers that don't have pgponly +Send out unencrypted pings to CPunk remailers that don't have pgponly in their capsstring. =item B @@ -538,7 +540,7 @@ Pings mixmaster remailers. =item B -The template files are used to generate the HTML version of all echolot output. +The template files are used to generate the HTML version of all Echolot output. It is a hash that has the following keys: B, B, @@ -579,18 +581,18 @@ B. =item B The text to send along with remailer-xxx queries. -The tempalte variables address and operator_address are substituted for their +The template variables address and operator_address are substituted for their real values. Default: 'remailerxxxtext' => "Hello,\n". "\n". - "This message requests remailer configation data. The pinging software thinks\n". + "This message requests remailer configuration data. The pinging software thinks\n". " is a remailer. Either it has been told so by the\n". "maintainer of the pinger or it found the address in a remailer-conf or\n". "remailer-key reply of some other remailer.\n". "\n". "If this is _not_ a remailer, you can tell this pinger that and it will stop\n". - "sending you those requests immediatly (otherwise it will try a few more times).\n". + "sending you those requests immediately (otherwise it will try a few more times).\n". "Just reply and make sure the following is the first line of your message:\n". " not a remailer\n". "\n". -- cgit v1.2.3