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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2005-09-23 20:44:22 +0000
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2005-09-23 20:44:22 +0000
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Provide dire warnings to any users who set DirServer; move it out of torrc.sample and into torrc.complete.
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diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO
index 711a36238..e746a696c 100644
--- a/doc/TODO
+++ b/doc/TODO
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ N . Routerdesc download changes
o Reset failure count every 60 minutes
o Drop fallback to download-all. Also, always split download.
- Only use a routerdesc if you recognize its hash.
- - Must defer till dirservers are upgraded to latest.
+ - (Must defer till dirservers are upgraded to latest code, which
+ actually generates these hashes.)
- Of course, authdirservers must not do this.
- Should directory mirrors do something else entirely?
- Use has_fetched_directory sanely, whatever that means.
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ N . Routerdesc download changes
- Call dirport_is_reachable from somewhere else.
o Networkstatus should list who's an authority.
- Add nickname element to dirserver line. Log this along with IP:Port.
- - Warn when using non-default directory servers.
+ o Warn when using non-default directory servers.
- When giving up on a non-finished dir request, log how many bytes
dropped, to see whether it's worthwhile to use partial info.
- Security
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.in b/doc/tor.1.in
index 1210d57c9..848d1b146 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.in
+++ b/doc/tor.1.in
@@ -83,12 +83,17 @@ their current liveness status. A value of "0 seconds" tells Tor to choose an
appropriate default. (Default: 1 hour for clients, 20 minutes for servers)
.LP
.TP
-\fBDirServer \fR\fIaddress:port fingerprint\fP
+\fBDirServer \fR[v1] \fIaddress:port fingerprint\fP
Use a nonstandard authoritative directory server at the provided
address and port, with the specified key fingerprint. This option can
be repeated many times, for multiple authoritative directory
-servers. If no \fBdirserver\fP line is given, Tor will use the default
-directory servers: moria1, moria2, and tor26.
+servers. If the "v1" option is provided, Tor will use this server as an
+authority for old-style (v1) directories as well. (Only directory mirrors
+care about this.) If no \fBdirserver\fP line is given, Tor will use the default
+directory servers: moria1, moria2, and tor26. NOTE: this option is intended
+for setting up a private Tor network with its own directory authorities. If
+you use it, you will be distinguishable from other users, because you won't
+believe the same authorities they do.
.LP
.TP
\fBGroup \fR\fIGID\fP