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[or-cvs] r9218: Correct documentation of how Naming works in dir-spec.txt. (in tor/trunk: . doc)
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- Subject: [or-cvs] r9218: Correct documentation of how Naming works in dir-spec.txt. (in tor/trunk: . doc)
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- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:50:18 -0500 (EST)
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Author: nickm
Date: 2006-12-29 15:50:13 -0500 (Fri, 29 Dec 2006)
New Revision: 9218
Modified:
tor/trunk/
tor/trunk/doc/dir-spec.txt
Log:
r11760@Kushana: nickm | 2006-12-29 15:23:57 -0500
Correct documentation of how Naming works in dir-spec.txt.
Property changes on: tor/trunk
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svk:merge ticket from /tor/trunk [r11760] on c95137ef-5f19-0410-b913-86e773d04f59
Modified: tor/trunk/doc/dir-spec.txt
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--- tor/trunk/doc/dir-spec.txt 2006-12-29 20:49:47 UTC (rev 9217)
+++ tor/trunk/doc/dir-spec.txt 2006-12-29 20:50:13 UTC (rev 9218)
@@ -783,20 +783,14 @@
least three live network-status documents, the client maps the name to
ID.
- If a client encounters a name it has mapped before:
-
- It uses the last-mapped identity value, unless all of the "Naming"
- network status documents that list the name bind it to some other
- identity.
-
When a user tries to refer to a router with a name that does not have a
mapping under the above rules, the implementation SHOULD warn the user.
After giving the warning, the implementation MAY use a router that at
least one Naming authority maps the name to, so long as no other naming
- authority maps that name to a different router.
+ authority maps that name to a different router. If no Naming authority
+ maps the name to a router, the implementation MAY use any router that
+ advertises the name.
- (XXXX The last-bound thing above isn't implemented)
-
Not every router needs a nickname. When a router doesn't configure a
nickname, it publishes with the default nickname "Unnamed". Authorities
SHOULD NOT ever mark a router with this nickname as Named; client software