From: Patrick R McDonald <marlowe@antagonism.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:31:16 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: First try on ticket 8590
X-Git-Tag: tor-0.2.4.12-alpha~5^2~12
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5a3eacf88c89c4d29cac2e324a381a3fd4982fa1;p=thirdparty%2Ftor.git

First try on ticket 8590
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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 5727ec30fc..5dc4bc81f1 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -1431,7 +1431,9 @@ is non-zero):
     that they are in the same \'family', Tor clients will not use them in the
     same circuit. (Each server only needs to list the other servers in its
     family; it doesn't need to list itself, but it won't hurt.) Do not list
-    any bridge relay as it would compromise its concealment.
+    any bridge relay as it would compromise its concealment. When listing a
+    node, it is preferable to do so as a fingerprint as opposed to a nickname
+    as fingerprints are a more reliable mechanism for identifying a node.
 
 **Nickname** __name__::
     Set the server's nickname to \'name'. Nicknames must be between 1 and 19