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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2012-11-25 15:30:11 -0500
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2012-12-17 14:49:32 -0500
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Add documentation for the client-side DNS cache options
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@@ -929,11 +929,30 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
Tells exits that, if a host has both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address,
we would prefer to connect to it via IPv6. (IPv4 is the default.) +
+
- NOTE: Although this option allows you to specify an IP address other than
- localhost, you should do so only with extreme caution. The SOCKS
- protocol is unencrypted and (as we use it) unauthenticated, so exposing
- it in this way could leak your information to anybody watching your
- network, and allow anybody to use your computer as an open proxy.
+ NOTE: Although this option allows you to specify an IP address
+ other than localhost, you should do so only with extreme caution.
+ The SOCKS protocol is unencrypted and (as we use it)
+ unauthenticated, so exposing it in this way could leak your
+ information to anybody watching your network, and allow anybody
+ to use your computer as an open proxy.
+ **CacheIPv4DNS**;;
+ Tells the client to remember IPv4 DNS answers we receive from exit
+ nodes via this connection. (On by default.)
+ **CacheIPv6DNS**;;
+ Tells the client to remember IPv6 DNS answers we receive from exit
+ nodes via this connection.
+ **CacheDNS**;;
+ Tells the client to remember all DNS answers we receive from exit
+ nodes via this connection.
+ **UseIPv4Cache**;;
+ Tells the client to use any cached IPv4 DNS answers we have when making
+ requests via this connection. (On by default.)
+ **UseIPv6Cache**;;
+ Tells the client to use any cached IPv6 DNS answers we have when making
+ requests via this connection.
+ **UseDNSCache**;;
+ Tells the client to use any cached DNS answers we have when making
+ requests via this connection.
**SOCKSListenAddress** __IP__[:__PORT__]::
Bind to this address to listen for connections from Socks-speaking