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r11760@Kushana: nickm | 2006-12-29 15:23:57 -0500

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Correct documentation of how Naming works in dir-spec.txt.


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Nick Mathewson
2006-12-29 20:50:13 +00:00
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@@ -783,19 +783,13 @@ $Id$
least three live network-status documents, the client maps the name to
ID.
If a client encounters a name it has mapped before:
It uses the last-mapped identity value, unless all of the "Naming"
network status documents that list the name bind it to some other
identity.
When a user tries to refer to a router with a name that does not have a
mapping under the above rules, the implementation SHOULD warn the user.
After giving the warning, the implementation MAY use a router that at
least one Naming authority maps the name to, so long as no other naming
authority maps that name to a different router.
(XXXX The last-bound thing above isn't implemented)
authority maps that name to a different router. If no Naming authority
maps the name to a router, the implementation MAY use any router that
advertises the name.
Not every router needs a nickname. When a router doesn't configure a
nickname, it publishes with the default nickname "Unnamed". Authorities