[tor-commits] [tor/maint-0.2.4] First try on ticket 8590

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit 5a3eacf88c89c4d29cac2e324a381a3fd4982fa1
Author: Patrick R McDonald <marlowe at antagonism.org>
Date:   Mon Mar 25 17:31:16 2013 -0500

    First try on ticket 8590
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 doc/tor.1.txt |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 5727ec3..5dc4bc8 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -1431,7 +1431,9 @@ is non-zero):
     that they are in the same \'family', Tor clients will not use them in the
     same circuit. (Each server only needs to list the other servers in its
     family; it doesn't need to list itself, but it won't hurt.) Do not list
-    any bridge relay as it would compromise its concealment.
+    any bridge relay as it would compromise its concealment. When listing a
+    node, it is preferable to do so as a fingerprint as opposed to a nickname
+    as fingerprints are a more reliable mechanism for identifying a node.
 
 **Nickname** __name__::
     Set the server's nickname to \'name'. Nicknames must be between 1 and 19