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@@ -783,19 +783,13 @@ $Id$
least three live network-status documents, the client maps the name to
ID.
- If a client encounters a name it has mapped before:
-
- It uses the last-mapped identity value, unless all of the "Naming"
- network status documents that list the name bind it to some other
- identity.
-
When a user tries to refer to a router with a name that does not have a
mapping under the above rules, the implementation SHOULD warn the user.
After giving the warning, the implementation MAY use a router that at
least one Naming authority maps the name to, so long as no other naming
- authority maps that name to a different router.
-
- (XXXX The last-bound thing above isn't implemented)
+ authority maps that name to a different router. If no Naming authority
+ maps the name to a router, the implementation MAY use any router that
+ advertises the name.
Not every router needs a nickname. When a router doesn't configure a
nickname, it publishes with the default nickname "Unnamed". Authorities