tor-webwml.git

@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ hidden server's location (IP address).

 Step two: the hidden service assembles a <em>hidden service

 descriptor</em>, containing its public key and a summary of each

 introduction point, and signs this descriptor with its private key.

-It uploads that descriptor to a set of directory servers, again using a

-full Tor circuit to hide the link between the directory server storing

-the descriptor and the hidden server's IP address. The descriptor will be

+It uploads that descriptor to a distributed hash table. The descriptor will be

 found by clients requesting XYZ.onion where XYZ is a 16 character

 name that can be uniquely derived from the service's public key. After

 this step, the hidden service is set up.

@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ this step, the hidden service is set up.

 <p>

 Although it might seem impractical to use an automatically-generated

 service name, it serves an important goal: Everyone – including

-the introduction points, the directory servers, and of course the

+the introduction points, the distributed hash table directory, and of course the

 clients – can verify that they are talking to the right hidden

 service. See also <a href="https://zooko.com/distnames.html">Zooko's

 conjecture</a> that out of Decentralized, Secure, and Human-Meaningful,

@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ design for hidden service names?

 </p>

 <img alt="Tor hidden service step two" src="$(IMGROOT)/THS-2.png" />

-# maybe replace "database" with "directory servers"; further: how incorrect

+# maybe replace "database" with "DHT"; further: how incorrect

 # is it to *not* add DB to the Tor cloud, now that begin dir cells are in

 # use?

@@ -70,7 +68,8 @@ design for hidden service names?

 Step three: A client that wants to contact a hidden service needs to

 learn about its

 onion address first. After that, the client can initiate connection

-establishment by downloading the descriptor from the directory servers. If

+establishment by downloading the descriptor from the distributed hash

+table. If

 there is a descriptor for XYZ.onion (the hidden service could also be

 offline or have left long ago, or there could be a typo in the onion

 address), the client now knows the set of introduction points and the