commit 4a62d7aabc4e00d22f27d188f4cb2bb6efb3b674 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> Date: Wed May 11 16:35:36 2016 -0400 minor touchups on nick's ticket 17621 changes --- changes/doc17621 | 2 +- doc/tor.1.txt | 11 +++++------ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/changes/doc17621 b/changes/doc17621 index af61d81..ab37d29 100644 --- a/changes/doc17621 +++ b/changes/doc17621 @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ o Documentation: - Document the contents of the 'datadir/keys' subdirectory in the manual - page. Closes ticekt 17621. + page. Closes ticket 17621. diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 5d85935..74915b7 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -2703,18 +2703,18 @@ __DataDirectory__**/keys/***:: Only used by servers. Holds identity keys and onion keys. __DataDirectory__**/keys/authority_identity_key**:: - A directory authority's master identity key, used to authenticate its + A v3 directory authority's master identity key, used to authenticate its signing key. Tor doesn't use this while it's running. The tor-gencert program uses this. If you're running an authority, you should keep this key offline, and not actually put it here. __DataDirectory__**/keys/authority_certificate**:: - A directory authority's certificate, which authenticates the authority's + A v3 directory authority's certificate, which authenticates the authority's current vote- and consensus-signing key using its master identity key. Only directory authorities use this file. __DataDirectory__**/keys/authority_signing_key**:: - A directory authority's signing key, used to sign votes and consensuses. + A v3 directory authority's signing key, used to sign votes and consensuses. Only directory authorities use this file. Corresponds to the **authority_certificate** cert. @@ -2765,9 +2765,8 @@ __DataDirectory__**/hashed-fingerprint**:: identity key. (That is, the hash of the hash of the identity key.) __DataDirectory__**/v3-status-votes**:: - Only for authoritative directory servers. This file contains status votes - from all the authoritative directory servers and is used to generate the - network consensus document. + Only for v3 authoritative directory servers. This file contains + status votes from all the authoritative directory servers. __DataDirectory__**/unverified-consensus**:: This file contains a network consensus document that has been downloaded,