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authorrl1987 <rl1987@sdf.lonestar.org>2018-11-29 12:19:33 +0200
committerrl1987 <rl1987@sdf.lonestar.org>2018-11-29 12:19:33 +0200
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Reword address format definition in section 4.5
Let's refrain from mentioning section 6.4 in here, as the format is not exactly the same - not all address type field values from section 6.4 make sense in NETINFO cell and NETINFO cell does not have a TTL value at the end of each address. It's a little confusing to suggest that there is a reuse of wire format fragment between RELAY_RESOLVED and NETINFO cells.
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@@ -857,10 +857,19 @@ see tor-design.pdf.
Number of addresses [1 byte]
This OR's addresses [variable]
- The address format is a type/length/value sequence as given in
- section 6.4 below, without the final TTL. The timestamp is a
- big-endian unsigned integer number of seconds since the Unix epoch.
- Implementations MUST ignore unexpected bytes at the end of the cell.
+ The address format is as follows:
+ Type [1 byte]
+ * 0x04 - IPv4
+ * 0x06 - IPv6
+ Length (size of Value field) [1 byte]
+ * 4 if Type is IPv4
+ * 16 if Type is IPv6
+ Value [Variable-width]
+ * Address value in network byte order.
+
+ The timestamp is a big-endian unsigned integer number of seconds
+ since the Unix epoch. Implementations MUST ignore unexpected bytes
+ at the end of the cell.
Implementations MAY use the timestamp value to help decide if their
clocks are skewed. Initiators MAY use "other OR's address" to help