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[tor-commits] [torspec/master] Add a reminder to control-spec that server descs aren't default now
commit f811e9eb07e672c1d58f86f7c3470574c3b53715
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Nov 23 10:39:07 2012 -0500
Add a reminder to control-spec that server descs aren't default now
Clients now download microdescriptors, not full server descriptors, by
default. desc/* was tripping people up.
---
control-spec.txt | 7 +++++--
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/control-spec.txt b/control-spec.txt
index 5792cef..5d12322 100644
--- a/control-spec.txt
+++ b/control-spec.txt
@@ -471,7 +471,10 @@
*append* to the ExitPolicy config option.
"desc/id/<OR identity>" or "desc/name/<OR nickname>" -- the latest
- server descriptor for a given OR.
+ server descriptor for a given OR. (Note that modern Tor clients
+ do not download server descriptors by default, but download
+ microdescriptors instead. If microdescriptors are enabled, you'll
+ need to use md/* instead.)
"md/id/<OR identity>" or "md/name/<OR nickname>" -- the latest
microdescriptor for a given OR. [First implemented in
@@ -508,7 +511,7 @@
queries. [First implemented in 0.2.0.13-alpha.]
"desc/all-recent" -- the latest server descriptor for every router that
- Tor knows about.
+ Tor knows about. (See note about desc/id/* and desc/name/* above.)
"network-status" -- a space-separated list (v1 directory style)
of all known OR identities. This is in the same format as the
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