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-rw-r--r--src/tools/tor-resolve.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/tools/tor-resolve.c b/src/tools/tor-resolve.c
index a082f829a4..10600fb06f 100644
--- a/src/tools/tor-resolve.c
+++ b/src/tools/tor-resolve.c
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
usage();
}
+ if (!strcasecmpend(arg[0], ".onion") || !strcasecmpend(arg[0], ".exit")) {
+ const char *name_type = (!strcasecmpend(arg[0], ".exit")) ?
+ "an exit-local hostname" : "a hidden service";
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s is %s; those don't have IP addresses.\n\n"
+ "To connect to %s, you need to send the hostname to Tor;\n"
+ "we suggest SOCKS 4a.\n", arg[0], name_type, name_type);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
if (do_resolve(arg[0], sockshost, socksport, &result))
return 1;