From 06cf12f86e398318deec2338c1551a0312097f14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 20:24:19 -0400 Subject: Resume documenting the dot-noconnect syntax Just because it's gone from 0.2.2.x doesn't mean we should undocument it. Manually reverts (and modifies) c148e13154b81. --- address-spec.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'address-spec.txt') diff --git a/address-spec.txt b/address-spec.txt index ce6d2b6..2b361d1 100644 --- a/address-spec.txt +++ b/address-spec.txt @@ -56,3 +56,16 @@ When Tor sees an address in this format, it tries to look up and connect to the specified hidden service. See rend-spec.txt for full details. +4. .noconnect + + SYNTAX: [string].noconnect + + When Tor sees an address in this format, it immediately closes the + connection without attaching it to any circuit. This is useful for + controllers that want to test whether a given application is indeed + using the same instance of Tor that they're controlling. + + This feature was added in Tor 0.1.2.4-alpha, and taken out in Tor + 0.2.2.1-alpha over fears that it provided another avenue for detecting + Tor users via application-level web tricks. + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf