commit 09ff9e202d4a169e95d6962c710bb05fcf062a49 Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> Date: Tue Aug 25 12:44:20 2015 -0400 Try to clarify some ed25519 stuff more --- dir-spec.txt | 26 +++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/dir-spec.txt b/dir-spec.txt index bb657e1..9af8933 100644 --- a/dir-spec.txt +++ b/dir-spec.txt @@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ "identity-ed25519" NL "-----BEGIN ED25519 CERT-----" NL certificate "-----END ED25519 CERT-----" NL - [At most once, in second or first position in document] + [At most once, in second position in document.] The certificate is a base64-encoded Ed25519 certificate (see cert-spec.txt) terminating =s removed. When this element is @@ -1358,10 +1358,8 @@ encoded, without trailing =s. This line is included to prevent collisions between microdescriptors. - Implementations MUST ignore "id" lines with unrecognized - key-types in place of "rsa1024". Implementations SHOULD ignore - "id rsa1024" lines as well: they are added to microdescriptors - only to prevent collisions. + Implementations SHOULD ignore these lines: they are + added to microdescriptors only to prevent collisions. (Only included when generating microdescriptors for consensus-method 18 or later.) @@ -1373,16 +1371,22 @@ The node's master Ed25519 identity key, base64 encoded, without trailing =s. + (Only included when generating microdescriptors for + consensus-method 21 or later.) + + "id" SP keytype ... NL + + [At most once per distinct keytype.] + Implementations MUST ignore "id" lines with unrecognized key-types in place of "rsa1024" or "ed25519" - (Only included when generating microdescriptors for - consensus-method 21 or later.) - (Note that with microdescriptors, clients do not learn the identity of - their routers: they only learn a hash of the identity key. This is all - they need to confirm the actual identity key when doing a TLS handshake, - and all they need to put the identity key digest in their CREATE cells.) + (Note that with microdescriptors, clients do not learn the RSA identity of + their routers: they only learn a hash of the RSA identity key. This is + all they need to confirm the actual identity key when doing a TLS + handshake, and all they need to put the identity key digest in their + CREATE cells.) 3.4. Exchanging votes