[or-cvs] r13386: Document truncation of version lines (in tor/trunk: . doc/spec)

[nickm at seul.org]

Author: nickm
Date: 2008-02-05 16:39:38 -0500 (Tue, 05 Feb 2008)
New Revision: 13386

Modified:
   tor/trunk/
   tor/trunk/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt
Log:
 r17912 at catbus:  nickm | 2008-02-05 15:57:51 -0500
 Document truncation of version lines



Property changes on: tor/trunk
___________________________________________________________________
 svk:merge ticket from /tor/trunk [r17912] on 8246c3cf-6607-4228-993b-4d95d33730f1

Modified: tor/trunk/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt
===================================================================
--- tor/trunk/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt	2008-02-05 21:39:36 UTC (rev 13385)
+++ tor/trunk/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt	2008-02-05 21:39:38 UTC (rev 13386)
@@ -945,6 +945,9 @@
         protocol versioning system, and the protocol is "a version of the
         Tor protocol more recent than any we recognize."
 
+        Directory authorities SHOULD truncate version strings from
+        descriptors so that "v" lines are no more than 128 characters long.
+
    The signature section contains the following item, which appears
    Exactly Once for a vote, and At Least Once for a consensus.