diff options
| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2006-10-02 18:08:46 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2006-10-02 18:08:46 +0000 |
| commit | 14f9b537d124866bf67befc473ac5be04f457db4 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b26d7a99f38f0b37e9a700ec04ac2e04dda850d /doc/control-spec.txt | |
| parent | a3efc8e3d19a4b221c460f687f780915502542fb (diff) | |
| download | tor-14f9b537d124866bf67befc473ac5be04f457db4.tar.gz tor-14f9b537d124866bf67befc473ac5be04f457db4.zip | |
r8835@totoro: nickm | 2006-10-02 12:54:41 -0400
Improve error messages from AUTHENTICATE attempts to controller.
svn:r8574
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/control-spec.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/control-spec.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/control-spec.txt b/doc/control-spec.txt index 2bc8d7db0d..163dc3bf1a 100644 --- a/doc/control-spec.txt +++ b/doc/control-spec.txt @@ -788,12 +788,7 @@ $Id$ If the 'CookieAuthentication' option is true, Tor writes a "magic cookie" file named "control_auth_cookie" into its data directory. To authenticate, - the controller must send the contents of this file. - - [With the v1 controller protocol, what we really mean is that you should - send the base16 of the contents of this file. Is this it, or is there - more to it? Should we write a control_auth_cookie.asc file too that - makes this step easier for people doing it manually? -RD] + the controller must send the contents of this file, encoded in hexadecimal. If the 'HashedControlPassword' option is set, it must contain the salted hash of a secret password. The salted hash is computed according to the |