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diff --git a/doc/tips/peer_to_peer_network_with_tor.mdwn b/doc/tips/peer_to_peer_network_with_tor.mdwn index 94470b96a..de018e3ce 100644 --- a/doc/tips/peer_to_peer_network_with_tor.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/peer_to_peer_network_with_tor.mdwn @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ repository: Now, tell the new peer about the address of the first peer: - git annex p2p --link-remote peer1 tor-annnex::eeaytkuhaupbarfi.onion:4412:7f53c5b65b8957ef626fd461ceaae8056e3dbc459ae715e4 + git annex p2p --link tor-annnex::eeaytkuhaupbarfi.onion:4412:7f53c5b65b8957ef626fd461ceaae8056e3dbc459ae715e4 --named peer1 (Of course, you should paste in the address you generated earlier, not the example one shown above.) @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ You can run any commands you normally would to sync with that remote: git annex sync --content peer1 You can also generate an address for this new peer, by running `git annex -p2p --gen-address`, and add that address to other peers using `git annex -p2p --link-remote`. It's often useful to link peers up in both directions, +p2p --gen-address`, and link other peers to that address using `git annex +p2p --link`. It's often useful to link peers up in both directions, so peer1 is a remote of peer2 and peer2 is a remote of peer1. Any number of peers can be connected this way, within reason. @@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ You can `git pull`, push, etc with those onion addresses: git remote add peer1 tor-annnex::eeaytkuhaupbarfi.onion:4412 Onion addresses are semi-public. When you add a remote, they appear in your -`.git/config` file. So, there's a second level of authentication that -git-annex uses to make sure that only people you want to can access your -repository over Tor. That takes the form of a long string of numbers and -letters, like "7f53c5b65b8957ef626fd461ceaae8056e3dbc459ae715e4". +`.git/config` file. For security, there's a second level of authentication +that git-annex uses to make sure that only people you want to can access +your repository over Tor. That takes the form of a long string of numbers +and letters, like "7f53c5b65b8957ef626fd461ceaae8056e3dbc459ae715e4". The addresses generated by `git annex peer --gen-address` combine the onion address with the authentication data. -When you run `git annex peer --link-remote`, it sets up a git remote using +When you run `git annex peer --link`, it sets up a git remote using the onion address, and it stashes the authentication data away in a file in `.git/annex/creds/` |