From 9f5c2ff0c1ea912d50223a52694e386487e5ed46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Mathewson Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 03:35:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add comment about hostnames; all else looks reasonable as discussed svn:r325 --- doc/rendezvous.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/rendezvous.txt b/doc/rendezvous.txt index ab02391678..530adad9cb 100644 --- a/doc/rendezvous.txt +++ b/doc/rendezvous.txt @@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ "moria.mit.edu.onion5gfmjsda-ckd5" (adding 13 characters plus the separator). + [I thought we were going to do something more like "56fmjsda-ckd5.onion", + leaving off moria.mit.edu. This would have the advantage of not confusing + users if the domain name part ('moria.mit.edu') doesn't match the key. + + Also, having a separate onion 'virtual TLD' is kinda more in the spirit + of DNS as it stands. -NM] + Alice's onion proxy examines hostnames and recognizes when they're destined for a hidden server. If so, it decodes the PK, looks it up in the DHT, chooses and connects to a meeting place, chooses and connects -- 2.11.4.GIT