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[or-cvs] Add comment about hostnames; all else looks reasonable as d...
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- From: nickm@seul.org (Nick Mathewson)
- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:35:04 -0400 (EDT)
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Update of /home/or/cvsroot/doc
In directory moria.mit.edu:/tmp/cvs-serv8197/doc
Modified Files:
rendezvous.txt
Log Message:
Add comment about hostnames; all else looks reasonable as discussed
Index: rendezvous.txt
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RCS file: /home/or/cvsroot/doc/rendezvous.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -d -r1.2 -r1.3
--- rendezvous.txt 13 Jun 2003 12:44:43 -0000 1.2
+++ rendezvous.txt 14 Jun 2003 03:35:02 -0000 1.3
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@
"moria.mit.edu.onion5gfmjsda-ckd5" (adding 13 characters plus the
separator).
+ [I thought we were going to do something more like "56fmjsda-ckd5.onion",
+ leaving off moria.mit.edu. This would have the advantage of not confusing
+ users if the domain name part ('moria.mit.edu') doesn't match the key.
+
+ Also, having a separate onion 'virtual TLD' is kinda more in the spirit
+ of DNS as it stands. -NM]
+
Alice's onion proxy examines hostnames and recognizes when they're
destined for a hidden server. If so, it decodes the PK, looks it up in
the DHT, chooses and connects to a meeting place, chooses and connects