Commit 1c23ae80 authored by Roger Dingledine's avatar Roger Dingledine
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mention the existence of dir-spec in tor-spec, and note that we need

to update it.


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Changes for doc/tor-spec.txt: 10 added lines, 1 removed line.
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@@ -856,7 +856,8 @@ The items' formats are as follows:

      A fingerprint (a HASH_LEN-byte of asn1 encoded public key, encoded
      in hex, with a single space after every 4 characters) for this router's
      identity key.
      identity key. A descriptor is considered invalid (and MUST be
      rejected) if the fingerprint line does not match the public key.

      [We didn't start parsing this line until Tor 0.1.0.6-rc; it should
       be marked with "opt" until earlier versions of Tor are obsolete.]
@@ -943,6 +944,10 @@ line, they must appear in the "ports" lines.

8.3. Directory format

[Sections 8.3-8.5 describe the old version 1 directory format, which is
used by Tor 0.0.9.x and 0.1.0.x. See dir-spec.txt for the new version
2 format, used by 0.1.1.x and 0.1.2.x. -RD]

A Directory begins with a "signed-directory" item, followed by one each of
the following, in any order: "recommended-software", "published",
"router-status", "dir-signing-key".  It may include any number of "opt"
@@ -1017,6 +1022,10 @@ it SHOULD reject the entire directory.

8.4. Network-status descriptor

[Sections 8.3-8.5 describe the old version 1 directory format, which is
used by Tor 0.0.9.x and 0.1.0.x. See dir-spec.txt for the new version
2 format, used by 0.1.1.x and 0.1.2.x. -RD]

A "network-status" (a.k.a "running-routers") document is a truncated
directory that contains only the current status of a list of nodes, not
their actual descriptors.  It contains exactly one of each of the following