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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2017-09-19 09:32:50 -0400 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2017-09-19 13:06:54 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8f98646bc5e0607427832135c6d5680b4318e9 (patch) | |
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| parent | 1f602e86433cc132981e8f9727266353ea2c3b0e (diff) | |
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Clarify that Address is an IPv4 option only.
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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index f669a055c0..5250163156 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1642,12 +1642,13 @@ The following options are useful only for servers (that is, if ORPort is non-zero): [[Address]] **Address** __address__:: - The IP address or fully qualified domain name of this server (e.g. - moria.mit.edu). You can leave this unset, and Tor will guess your IP - address. This IP address is the one used to tell clients and other - servers where to find your Tor server; it doesn't affect the IP that your - Tor client binds to. To bind to a different address, use the - *ListenAddress and OutboundBindAddress options. + The IPv4 address of this server, or a fully qualified domain name of + this server that resolves to an IPv4 address. You can leave this + unset, and Tor will try to guess your IPv4 address. This IPv4 + address is the one used to tell clients and other servers where to + find your Tor server; it doesn't affect the address that your server + binds to. To bind to a different address, use the ORPort and + OutboundBindAddress options. [[AssumeReachable]] **AssumeReachable** **0**|**1**:: This option is used when bootstrapping a new Tor network. If set to 1, |