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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2016-05-04 15:13:07 -0400
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2016-05-04 15:13:07 -0400
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Merge branch 'doc18312' into maint-0.2.8
-rw-r--r--changes/bug183124
-rw-r--r--doc/tor.1.txt4
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diff --git a/changes/bug18312 b/changes/bug18312
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+ o Documentation:
+ - Stop recommending use of nicknames to identify relays in our
+ MapAddress documentation. Closes ticket 18312.
+
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 262a36ee9f..787223d701 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -961,12 +961,12 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
When a request for address arrives to Tor, it will transform to newaddress
before processing it. For example, if you always want connections to
www.example.com to exit via __torserver__ (where __torserver__ is the
- nickname of the server), use "MapAddress www.example.com
+ fingerprint of the server), use "MapAddress www.example.com
www.example.com.torserver.exit". If the value is prefixed with a
"\*.", matches an entire domain. For example, if you
always want connections to example.com and any if its subdomains
to exit via
- __torserver__ (where __torserver__ is the nickname of the server), use
+ __torserver__ (where __torserver__ is the fingerprint of the server), use
"MapAddress \*.example.com \*.example.com.torserver.exit". (Note the
leading "*." in each part of the directive.) You can also redirect all
subdomains of a domain to a single address. For example, "MapAddress