Nodes naming
Mr. Blue
trashdsfg at yahoo.com
Wed May 9 11:38:52 UTC 2007
Thank you very much!
And a.... Nodes names really should be completely
unique if possible.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Dingledine" <arma at mit.edu>
To: or-talk at freehaven.net
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 01:26:13 -0400
Subject: Re: Nodes naming
>
>
> On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 10:38:58AM -0700, Mr. Blue
wrote:
> > What are the rules for tor node names.
> > Which chars are allowed and what is a MAX number
of
> > symbols it can contain?
>
> Section 2.2 of
https://tor.eff.org/svn/trunk/doc/spec/dir-spec-v2.txt
> says:
>
> nickname ::= between 1 and 19 alphanumeric
characters,
> case-insensitive.
>
> > Are they unique?
>
> No. But in some cases there can be only one node
with a given nickname,
> if that nickname is bound to a particular identity
key by a naming
> directory authority, and if the "named" one is
running right now. You
> can read a bit more about the Named flag in section
3.1, but its
> behavior
> will likely change yet again in the future; see e.g.
proposal 113:
>
>
https://tor.eff.org/svn/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/113-fast-authority-interface.txt
>
http://archives.seul.org/or/dev/Apr-2007/msg00040.html
>
> If you want something unique, use the identity
fingerprint (aka
> digest).
>
> --Roger
>
>
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