commit 06cf12f86e398318deec2338c1551a0312097f14 Author: Roger Dingledine arma@torproject.org Date: Tue Sep 6 20:24:19 2011 -0400

Resume documenting the dot-noconnect syntax

Just because it's gone from 0.2.2.x doesn't mean we should undocument it. Manually reverts (and modifies) c148e13154b81. --- address-spec.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/address-spec.txt b/address-spec.txt index ce6d2b6..2b361d1 100644 --- a/address-spec.txt +++ b/address-spec.txt @@ -56,3 +56,16 @@ When Tor sees an address in this format, it tries to look up and connect to the specified hidden service. See rend-spec.txt for full details.

+4. .noconnect + + SYNTAX: [string].noconnect + + When Tor sees an address in this format, it immediately closes the + connection without attaching it to any circuit. This is useful for + controllers that want to test whether a given application is indeed + using the same instance of Tor that they're controlling. + + This feature was added in Tor 0.1.2.4-alpha, and taken out in Tor + 0.2.2.1-alpha over fears that it provided another avenue for detecting + Tor users via application-level web tricks. +