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authorAlexander Færøy <ahf@torproject.org>2019-07-02 19:03:39 +0200
committerDavid Goulet <dgoulet@torproject.org>2020-10-06 09:30:10 -0400
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Add `OutboundBindAddressPT` to torrc.
This patch adds a new option to torrc: `OutboundBindAddressPT`. This option works in the same way as `OutboundBindAddressOR` and `OutboundBindAddressExit` in that it allows the user to specify which outbound IP address the user wants the PT to make its connections from. There is one difference though in that OutboundBindAddressPT will only be a suggestion for the PT to use since Tor cannot enforce whether or not the PT actually uses this option for anything. See: https://bugs.torproject.org/5304
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field, Tor will use it for separate rate limiting for each connection
from a non-relay. (Default: 0)
+[[OutboundBindAddressPT]] **OutboundBindAddressPT** __IP__::
+ Request that pluggable transports makes all outbound connections
+ originate from the IP address specified. Because outgoing connections
+ are handled by the pluggable transport itself, it is not possible for
+ Tor to enforce whether the pluggable transport honors this option. This
+ option overrides **OutboundBindAddress** for the same IP version. This
+ option may be used twice, once with an IPv4 address and once with an
+ IPv6 address. IPv6 addresses should be wrapped in square brackets. This
+ setting will be ignored for connections to the loopback addresses
+ (127.0.0.0/8 and ::1).
+
[[PidFile]] **PidFile** __FILE__::
On startup, write our PID to FILE. On clean shutdown, remove
FILE. Can not be changed while tor is running.