From 49308dcc7ad498d03d5460c0078d1e684cb1a1a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Mathewson Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:30:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that the nickname part of a LongName is indeed optional. svn:r19076 --- doc/spec/control-spec.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/spec/control-spec.txt b/doc/spec/control-spec.txt index 86bdf84052..576c5dcd53 100644 --- a/doc/spec/control-spec.txt +++ b/doc/spec/control-spec.txt @@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ $Id$ Fingerprint = "$" 40*HEXDIG ; A "=" indicates that the given nickname is canonical; a "~" indicates - ; that the given nickname is not canonical. + ; that the given nickname is not canonical. If no nickname is given at + ; all, Tor does not even have a guess for what this router calls itself. LongName = Fingerprint [ ( "=" / "~" ) Nickname ] ; How a controller tells Tor about a particular OR. There are four