commit b74a1c77a4b81ebd8cc63ec108617645d396d9fd Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Tue Sep 19 09:25:44 2017 -0400
Document that .onion subdomains are ignored by clients
addr-spec.txt also explains this, but we should get it into the manpage too.
Closes ticket #18736. --- changes/18736 | 3 +++ doc/tor.1.txt | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/changes/18736 b/changes/18736 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9cd48eb3a --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/18736 @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Documentation: + - Document that onion service subdomains are allowed, and ignored. + Closes ticket 18736. diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index f669a055c..2083bb131 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -2989,6 +2989,11 @@ __HiddenServiceDirectory__**/hostname**:: The <base32-encoded-fingerprint>.onion domain name for this hidden service. If the hidden service is restricted to authorized clients only, this file also contains authorization data for all clients. + + + Note that clients will ignore any extra subdomains prepended to a hidden + service hostname. So if you have "xyz.onion" as your hostname, you + can tell clients to connect to "www.xyz.onion" or "irc.xyz.onion" + for virtual-hosting purposes.
__HiddenServiceDirectory__**/private_key**:: The private key for this hidden service.