[tor-commits] [torspec/master] Add a reminder to control-spec that server descs aren't default now

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Fri Nov 23 15:39:45 UTC 2012


commit f811e9eb07e672c1d58f86f7c3470574c3b53715
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at 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



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