commit 92615f608c2fd1b5da29068498c5fe473105e88f Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Tue Apr 26 20:30:59 2016 -0400
Do not recommend use of nicknames in MapAddress manpage --- changes/bug18312 | 4 ++++ doc/tor.1.txt | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/changes/bug18312 b/changes/bug18312 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7dcb326 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug18312 @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ + o Documentation: + - Stop recommending use of nicknames to identify relays in our + MapAddress documentation. Closes ticket 18312. + diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 262a36e..787223d 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -961,12 +961,12 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if When a request for address arrives to Tor, it will transform to newaddress before processing it. For example, if you always want connections to www.example.com to exit via __torserver__ (where __torserver__ is the - nickname of the server), use "MapAddress www.example.com + fingerprint of the server), use "MapAddress www.example.com www.example.com.torserver.exit". If the value is prefixed with a "*.", matches an entire domain. For example, if you always want connections to example.com and any if its subdomains to exit via - __torserver__ (where __torserver__ is the nickname of the server), use + __torserver__ (where __torserver__ is the fingerprint of the server), use "MapAddress *.example.com *.example.com.torserver.exit". (Note the leading "*." in each part of the directive.) You can also redirect all subdomains of a domain to a single address. For example, "MapAddress