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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2021-03-08 11:15:37 -0500 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2021-03-08 11:17:24 -0500 |
| commit | b599f489ae3a1ec8e4f0742243c41dc15f040930 (patch) | |
| tree | 3d553fbf1aff6bf4db8cbcd6951273acec06167d /doc | |
| parent | 49ce31b2b6c0cfbcccb605ee58b612f73e2a228a (diff) | |
| download | tor-b599f489ae3a1ec8e4f0742243c41dc15f040930.tar.gz tor-b599f489ae3a1ec8e4f0742243c41dc15f040930.zip | |
Fix documentation formatting for VirtualAddrNetworkIPv6
Fixes bug #40256; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man/tor.1.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt index 58774e555f..b57c6ec70a 100644 --- a/doc/man/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/man/tor.1.txt @@ -1797,8 +1797,9 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if The default **VirtualAddrNetwork** address ranges on a properly configured machine will route to the loopback or link-local interface. The maximum number of bits for the network prefix is set to 104 - for IPv6 and 16 for IPv4. However, a wider network - smaller prefix length - - is preferable since it reduces the chances for an attacker to guess the + for IPv6 and 16 for IPv4. However, a larger network + (that is, one with a smaller prefix length) + is preferable, since it reduces the chances for an attacker to guess the used IP. For local use, no change to the default VirtualAddrNetwork setting is needed. |