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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2012-11-25 15:36:35 -0500 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2012-12-17 14:50:04 -0500 |
| commit | ac990aa44a2e3f2b03f2f91e93847230c744dc5c (patch) | |
| tree | aff556b54ddf0ef48328d3d72d1653b34820ffc3 /doc | |
| parent | 7315a6764675ca2a148554488504f5abf98ff7e6 (diff) | |
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Turn off by-default use of client-side DNS cacheing.
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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index d6b51cb0d4..5cf7ff7e3d 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -946,7 +946,9 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if 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.) + requests via this connection. (NOTE: This option, along UseIPv6Cache + and UseDNSCache, can harm your anonymity, and probably + won't help performance as much as you might expect. Use with care!) **UseIPv6Cache**;; Tells the client to use any cached IPv6 DNS answers we have when making requests via this connection. |