[or-cvs] Provide dire warnings to any users who set DirServer; move ...

Nick Mathewson nickm at seul.org
Fri Sep 23 20:44:24 UTC 2005


Update of /home/or/cvsroot/tor/doc
In directory moria:/tmp/cvs-serv20969/doc

Modified Files:
	TODO tor.1.in 
Log Message:
Provide dire warnings to any users who set DirServer; move it out of torrc.sample and into torrc.complete.

Index: TODO
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/or/cvsroot/tor/doc/TODO,v
retrieving revision 1.362
retrieving revision 1.363
diff -u -d -r1.362 -r1.363
--- TODO	22 Sep 2005 06:34:28 -0000	1.362
+++ TODO	23 Sep 2005 20:44:22 -0000	1.363
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@
         o Reset failure count every 60 minutes
         o Drop fallback to download-all.  Also, always split download.
         - Only use a routerdesc if you recognize its hash.
-          - Must defer till dirservers are upgraded to latest.
+          - (Must defer till dirservers are upgraded to latest code, which
+            actually generates these hashes.)
           - Of course, authdirservers must not do this.
           - Should directory mirrors do something else entirely?
         - Use has_fetched_directory sanely, whatever that means.
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@
       - Call dirport_is_reachable from somewhere else.
       o Networkstatus should list who's an authority.
       - Add nickname element to dirserver line.  Log this along with IP:Port.
-      - Warn when using non-default directory servers.
+      o Warn when using non-default directory servers.
       - When giving up on a non-finished dir request, log how many bytes
         dropped, to see whether it's worthwhile to use partial info.
     - Security

Index: tor.1.in
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RCS file: /home/or/cvsroot/tor/doc/tor.1.in,v
retrieving revision 1.103
retrieving revision 1.104
diff -u -d -r1.103 -r1.104
--- tor.1.in	11 Sep 2005 22:43:23 -0000	1.103
+++ tor.1.in	23 Sep 2005 20:44:22 -0000	1.104
@@ -83,12 +83,17 @@
 appropriate default. (Default: 1 hour for clients, 20 minutes for servers)
 .LP
 .TP
-\fBDirServer \fR\fIaddress:port fingerprint\fP
+\fBDirServer \fR[v1] \fIaddress:port fingerprint\fP
 Use a nonstandard authoritative directory server at the provided
 address and port, with the specified key fingerprint.  This option can
 be repeated many times, for multiple authoritative directory
-servers. If no \fBdirserver\fP line is given, Tor will use the default
-directory servers: moria1, moria2, and tor26.
+servers.  If the "v1" option is provided, Tor will use this server as an
+authority for old-style (v1) directories as well.  (Only directory mirrors
+care about this.) If no \fBdirserver\fP line is given, Tor will use the default
+directory servers: moria1, moria2, and tor26.  NOTE: this option is intended
+for setting up a private Tor network with its own directory authorities.  If
+you use it, you will be distinguishable from other users, because you won't
+believe the same authorities they do.
 .LP
 .TP
 \fBGroup \fR\fIGID\fP



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