commit f811e9eb07e672c1d58f86f7c3470574c3b53715 Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Fri Nov 23 10:39:07 2012 -0500

Add a reminder to control-spec that server descs aren't default now

Clients now download microdescriptors, not full server descriptors, by default. desc/* was tripping people up. --- control-spec.txt | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/control-spec.txt b/control-spec.txt index 5792cef..5d12322 100644 --- a/control-spec.txt +++ b/control-spec.txt @@ -471,7 +471,10 @@ *append* to the ExitPolicy config option.

"desc/id/<OR identity>" or "desc/name/<OR nickname>" -- the latest - server descriptor for a given OR. + server descriptor for a given OR. (Note that modern Tor clients + do not download server descriptors by default, but download + microdescriptors instead. If microdescriptors are enabled, you'll + need to use md/* instead.)

"md/id/<OR identity>" or "md/name/<OR nickname>" -- the latest microdescriptor for a given OR. [First implemented in @@ -508,7 +511,7 @@ queries. [First implemented in 0.2.0.13-alpha.]

"desc/all-recent" -- the latest server descriptor for every router that - Tor knows about. + Tor knows about. (See note about desc/id/* and desc/name/* above.)

"network-status" -- a space-separated list (v1 directory style) of all known OR identities. This is in the same format as the