[tor-commits] [torspec/master] Update description of HidServAuth option based on manpage

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Wed Mar 20 15:24:47 UTC 2013


commit 3dd69d2eab4356fd9f0990ba24bb229be6eb087e
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Wed Mar 20 11:24:24 2013 -0400

    Update description of HidServAuth option based on manpage
    
    This isn't perfect, but it's better than before.
    
    Fix for bug 4609
---
 rend-spec.txt |   16 ++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rend-spec.txt b/rend-spec.txt
index 9d207d7..ca40fb5 100644
--- a/rend-spec.txt
+++ b/rend-spec.txt
@@ -928,13 +928,17 @@
 
 2.4. Client configuration
 
-   Clients need to make their authorization data known to Tor using another
-   configuration option that contains a service name (mainly for the sake of
-   convenience), the service address, and the descriptor cookie that is
-   required to access a hidden service (the authorization protocol number is
-   encoded in the descriptor cookie):
+   To specify the cookie to use to access a given hidden service,
+   clients use the following syntax:
+
+    HidServAuth onion-address auth-cookie [service-name]:
+
+     Valid onion addresses contain 16 characters in a-z2-7 plus
+     ".onion", and valid auth cookies contain 22 characters in
+     A-Za-z0-9+/. The service name is only used for internal purposes,
+     e.g., for Tor controllers; nothing in Tor itself requires or uses
+     it.
 
-     HidServAuth service-name service-address descriptor-cookie
 
 3. Hidden service directory operation
 



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