doc: long peer names

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Richard Schneider
2018-10-11 13:06:19 +13:00
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`host-name` is the fully qualified name of the peer. It is derived from the peer's name and `p2p.local`.
`peer-name` is the case-insenstive ID of the peer and less than 64 characters. It is normally is the base-32 encoding of peer's ID.
`peer-name` is the case-insenstive unique identifier of the peer and less than 64 characters.
It is normally the base-32 encoding of peer's ID.
Note that all names are case insensitive.
If the encoding of the peer's ID exceeds 63 characters, then the [Split at 63rd character](https://github.com/ipfs/in-web-browsers/issues/89#issue-341357014)
workaround can be used.
## Peer Discovery