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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2005-12-22 19:29:31 +0000
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2005-12-22 19:29:31 +0000
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Note that you should not download by ID fingerprint.
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@@ -305,10 +305,15 @@ $Id$
fingerprint of <F> should be available at:
http://<hostname>/tor/server/fp/<F>.z
- The most recent descriptors for servers with fingerprints <F1>,<F2>,<F3>
- should be available at:
+ The most recent descriptors for servers with identity fingerprints
+ <F1>,<F2>,<F3> should be available at:
http://<hostname>/tor/server/fp/<F1>+<F2>+<F3>.z
+ (NOTE: Implementations SHOULD NOT download descriptors by identity key
+ fingerprint. This allows a corrupted server (in collusion with a cache) to
+ 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
available at:
http://<hostname>/tor/server/d/<D>.z