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[or-cvs] Specify reverse DNS
Update of /home/or/cvsroot/tor/doc
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tor-spec.txt
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Specify reverse DNS
Index: tor-spec.txt
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RCS file: /home/or/cvsroot/tor/doc/tor-spec.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.79
retrieving revision 1.80
diff -u -d -r1.79 -r1.80
--- tor-spec.txt 1 Mar 2005 22:43:24 -0000 1.79
+++ tor-spec.txt 2 Mar 2005 19:24:15 -0000 1.80
@@ -514,14 +514,16 @@
5.4. Remote hostname lookup
To find the address associated with a hostname, the OP sends a
- RELAY_RESOLVE cell containing the hostname to be resolved. The OR
- replies with a RELAY_RESOLVED cell containing a status byte, and any
- number of answers. Each answer is of the form:
+ RELAY_RESOLVE cell containing the hostname to be resolved. (For a reverse
+ lookup, the OP sends a RELAY_RESOLVE cell containing an in-addr.arpa
+ address.) The OR replies with a RELAY_RESOLVED cell containing a status
+ byte, and any number of answers. Each answer is of the form:
Type (1 octet)
Length (1 octet)
Value (variable-width)
"Length" is the length of the Value field.
"Type" is one of:
+ 0x00 -- Hostname
0x04 -- IPv4 address
0x06 -- IPv6 address
0xF0 -- Error, transient