Commit 2942c0bd authored by Peter Palfrader's avatar Peter Palfrader
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Clarify server/d/<D>.z description 

Spell out that fingerprints in requests should use capital A-F letters for their hex


svn:r6092
parent 82df8a2b

doc/dir-spec.txt

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@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ $Id$ 
   provide a unique descriptor to a client, and thereby partition that client

   from the rest of the network.)



   The descriptor for a server whose digest (in hex) is <D> should be

   The server descriptor with (descriptor) digest <D> (in hex) should be

   available at:

      http://<hostname>/tor/server/d/<D>.z
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@ $Id$ 
   Directory servers MAY generate either format: the former requires less

   CPU, but the latter requires less bandwidth.



   Clients SHOULD use upper case letters (A-F) when base16-encoding

   fingerprints.  Servers MUST accept both upper and lower case fingerprints

   in requests.



5. Client operation: downloading information



   Every Tor that is not a directory server (that is, clients and ORs that do