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diff --git a/doc/rendezvous.txt b/doc/rendezvous.txt index 530adad9cb..2164efa07b 100644 --- a/doc/rendezvous.txt +++ b/doc/rendezvous.txt @@ -151,18 +151,14 @@ information into the hostname will be too long for a typical hostname, we instead use a layer of indirection. We encode a hash of Bob's PK (10 bytes is sufficient since we're not worrying about collisions), - and also the authentication token (empty for now). Thus at a bit more - than 6 bits encoded per character (assuming only alphanumeric and - hyphen), we transform the hostname "moria.mit.edu" into the hostname - "moria.mit.edu.onion5gfmjsda-ckd5" (adding 13 characters plus the - separator). - - [I thought we were going to do something more like "56fmjsda-ckd5.onion", - leaving off moria.mit.edu. This would have the advantage of not confusing - users if the domain name part ('moria.mit.edu') doesn't match the key. - - Also, having a separate onion 'virtual TLD' is kinda more in the spirit - of DNS as it stands. -NM] + and also the authentication token (empty for now). Location-hidden + services use the special top level domain called '.onion': thus + hostnames take the form x.y.onion where x is the hash of PK, and y + is the authentication cookie. If no cookie is required, the hostname + can simply be of the form x.onion. Assuming only case insensitive + alphanumeric and hyphen, we get a bit more than 6 bits encoded + per character, meaning the x part of the hostname will be about + 13 characters. Alice's onion proxy examines hostnames and recognizes when they're destined for a hidden server. If so, it decodes the PK, looks it up in |