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Slightly clarify the control spec

svn:r14362
Peter Palfrader 17 years ago
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doc/spec/control-spec.txt

@@ -1513,7 +1513,8 @@ $Id$
            'tor --hash-password <password>'
            'tor --hash-password <password>'
   or by using the example code in the Python and Java controller libraries.
   or by using the example code in the Python and Java controller libraries.
   To authenticate under this scheme, the controller sends Tor the original
   To authenticate under this scheme, the controller sends Tor the original
-  secret that was used to generate the password.
+  secret that was used to generate the password, either as a quoted string
+  or encoded in hexadecimal.
 
 
 5.2. Don't let the buffer get too big.
 5.2. Don't let the buffer get too big.