commit 5a3eacf88c89c4d29cac2e324a381a3fd4982fa1 Author: Patrick R McDonald marlowe@antagonism.org Date: Mon Mar 25 17:31:16 2013 -0500

First try on ticket 8590 --- doc/tor.1.txt | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 5727ec3..5dc4bc8 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1431,7 +1431,9 @@ is non-zero): that they are in the same 'family', Tor clients will not use them in the same circuit. (Each server only needs to list the other servers in its family; it doesn't need to list itself, but it won't hurt.) Do not list - any bridge relay as it would compromise its concealment. + any bridge relay as it would compromise its concealment. When listing a + node, it is preferable to do so as a fingerprint as opposed to a nickname + as fingerprints are a more reliable mechanism for identifying a node.

**Nickname** __name__:: Set the server's nickname to 'name'. Nicknames must be between 1 and 19