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Improve warning message to stop implying nickname reg is a thing.

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Closing ticket 20488.
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Nick Mathewson 2017-07-05 13:32:14 -04:00
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o Minor features (logging, UI):
- Improve the warning message for specifying a relay by nickname.
The previous message implied that nickname registration was still
part of the Tor network design, which it isn't. Closes ticket 20488.

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@ -602,11 +602,9 @@ node_get_by_nickname,(const char *nickname, int warn_if_unnamed))
if (! node->name_lookup_warned) {
base16_encode(fp, sizeof(fp), node->identity, DIGEST_LEN);
log_warn(LD_CONFIG,
"You specified a server \"%s\" by name, but the directory "
"authorities do not have any key registered for this "
"nickname -- so it could be used by any server, not just "
"the one you meant. "
"To make sure you get the same server in the future, refer "
"You specified a relay \"%s\" by name, but nicknames can be "
"used by any relay, not just the one you meant. "
"To make sure you get the same relay in the future, refer "
"to it by key, as \"$%s\".", nickname, fp);
node->name_lookup_warned = 1;
}