[or-cvs] Add comment about hostnames; all else looks reasonable as d...

Nick Mathewson nickm at seul.org
Sat Jun 14 03:35:04 UTC 2003


Update of /home/or/cvsroot/doc
In directory moria.mit.edu:/tmp/cvs-serv8197/doc

Modified Files:
	rendezvous.txt 
Log Message:
Add comment about hostnames; all else looks reasonable as discussed

Index: rendezvous.txt
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RCS file: /home/or/cvsroot/doc/rendezvous.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -d -r1.2 -r1.3
--- rendezvous.txt	13 Jun 2003 12:44:43 -0000	1.2
+++ rendezvous.txt	14 Jun 2003 03:35:02 -0000	1.3
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@
    "moria.mit.edu.onion5gfmjsda-ckd5" (adding 13 characters plus the
    separator).
 
+   [I thought we were going to do something more like "56fmjsda-ckd5.onion",
+   leaving off moria.mit.edu.  This would have the advantage of not confusing
+   users if the domain name part ('moria.mit.edu') doesn't match the key.
+
+   Also, having a separate onion 'virtual TLD' is kinda more in the spirit
+   of DNS as it stands. -NM]
+
    Alice's onion proxy examines hostnames and recognizes when they're
    destined for a hidden server. If so, it decodes the PK, looks it up in
    the DHT, chooses and connects to a meeting place, chooses and connects



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