clarify our rules for assigning the Named flag

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Roger Dingledine 2009-09-18 03:05:52 -04:00
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@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ This toolset allows automatic maintaining of a binding list of nicknames
to identity keys, implementing Tor proposal 123[1]. to identity keys, implementing Tor proposal 123[1].
The rules are simple: The rules are simple:
- A router claiming to be Bob is named (i.e. added to the binding list) - A router claiming to be Bob becomes named (i.e. added to the binding list)
if there currently does not exist a different binding for that if there currently does not exist a different binding for that
nickname, the router has been around for a bit (2 weeks), no other nickname, the router has been around for a bit (2 weeks), and no other
router has used that nickname in a while (1 month). router has used that nickname in a while (1 month).
- A binding is removed if the server that owns it has not been seen - A binding is removed if the server that owns it has not been seen
in a long time (6 months). in a long time (6 months).