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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 |