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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2017-08-03 10:11:44 -0400
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2017-08-03 10:11:44 -0400
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@@ -436,9 +436,11 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
authority is listening for IPv6 connections on the indicated IPv6 address
and OR Port. +
+
- Tor will contact the authority at __address__:__port__ (the DirPort) to
- download directory documents. If an IPv6 address is supplied, Tor will
- also download directory documents at the IPv6 address on the DirPort. +
+ Tor will contact the authority at __address__ to
+ download directory documents. The provided __port__ value is a dirport;
+ clients ignore this in favor of the specified "orport=" value. If an
+ IPv6 ORPort is supplied, Tor will
+ also download directory documents at the IPv6 ORPort. +
+
If no **DirAuthority** line is given, Tor will use the default directory
authorities. NOTE: this option is intended for setting up a private Tor