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diff --git a/doc/tor-spec.txt b/doc/tor-spec.txt index 4c515f4198..aa54549a02 100644 --- a/doc/tor-spec.txt +++ b/doc/tor-spec.txt @@ -852,9 +852,14 @@ after "directory-signature". This digest is then padded with PKCS.1, and signed with the directory server's signing key. If software encounters an unrecognized keyword in a single router descriptor, -it should reject only that router descriptor, and continue using the -others. If it encounters an unrecognized keyword in the directory header, -it should reject the entire directory. +it MUST reject only that router descriptor, and continue using the +others. Because this mechanism is used to add 'critical' extensions to +future versions of the router descriptor format, implementation should treat +it as a normal occurrence and not, for example, report it to the user as an +error. [Versions of Tor prior to 0.1.1 did this.] + +If software encounters an unrecognized keyword in the directory header, +it SHOULD reject the entire directory. 7.4. Network-status descriptor |