[tor-commits] [tor/main] tor.1 man page: Add mention of fingerprint-ed25519, and clarify differences

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Thu Sep 16 12:53:43 UTC 2021


commit 17ceeb7f9224713f51929d94c3424761114271a1
Author: Neel Chauhan <neel at neelc.org>
Date:   Tue Sep 14 11:10:11 2021 -0700

    tor.1 man page: Add mention of fingerprint-ed25519, and clarify differences
---
 changes/bug40467  | 5 +++++
 doc/man/tor.1.txt | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/changes/bug40467 b/changes/bug40467
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03f1cc3816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug40467
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (documentation):
+    - Add a mention of the `fingerprint-ed25519` for relays in the tor.1 man
+      page. Also clarify the difference between the RSA-based `fingerprint` and
+      `fingerprint-ed25519` files. Fixes bug 40467; bugfix on 0.4.3.1-alpha.
+      Patch by Neel Chauhan.
diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt
index 2b5a1d9df7..e5a0e0ea85 100644
--- a/doc/man/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/man/tor.1.txt
@@ -3826,7 +3826,12 @@ __KeyDirectory__/**`secret_onion_key_ntor`** and **`secret_onion_key_ntor.old`**
     by clients that didn't have the new one.
 
 __DataDirectory__/**`fingerprint`**::
-    Only used by servers. Contains the fingerprint of the server's identity key.
+    Only used by servers. Contains the fingerprint of the server's RSA
+    identity key.
+
+__DataDirectory__/**`fingerprint-ed25519`**::
+    Only used by servers. Contains the fingerprint of the server's ed25519
+    identity key.
 
 __DataDirectory__/**`hashed-fingerprint`**::
     Only used by bridges. Contains the hashed fingerprint of the bridge's





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