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diff --git a/rend-spec.txt b/rend-spec.txt index 9d207d7..ca40fb5 100644 --- a/rend-spec.txt +++ b/rend-spec.txt @@ -928,13 +928,17 @@ 2.4. Client configuration - Clients need to make their authorization data known to Tor using another - configuration option that contains a service name (mainly for the sake of - convenience), the service address, and the descriptor cookie that is - required to access a hidden service (the authorization protocol number is - encoded in the descriptor cookie): + To specify the cookie to use to access a given hidden service, + clients use the following syntax: + + HidServAuth onion-address auth-cookie [service-name]: + + Valid onion addresses contain 16 characters in a-z2-7 plus + ".onion", and valid auth cookies contain 22 characters in + A-Za-z0-9+/. The service name is only used for internal purposes, + e.g., for Tor controllers; nothing in Tor itself requires or uses + it. - HidServAuth service-name service-address descriptor-cookie 3. Hidden service directory operation |