From b74a1c77a4b81ebd8cc63ec108617645d396d9fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Mathewson Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:25:44 -0400 Subject: Document that .onion subdomains are ignored by clients addr-spec.txt also explains this, but we should get it into the manpage too. Closes ticket #18736. --- doc/tor.1.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index f669a055c0..2083bb131a 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -2989,6 +2989,11 @@ __HiddenServiceDirectory__**/hostname**:: The .onion domain name for this hidden service. If the hidden service is restricted to authorized clients only, this file also contains authorization data for all clients. + + + Note that clients will ignore any extra subdomains prepended to a hidden + service hostname. So if you have "xyz.onion" as your hostname, you + can tell clients to connect to "www.xyz.onion" or "irc.xyz.onion" + for virtual-hosting purposes. __HiddenServiceDirectory__**/private_key**:: The private key for this hidden service. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf