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diff --git a/doc/man/tor-resolve.1.txt b/doc/man/tor-resolve.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..17a77e482f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/tor-resolve.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +// Copyright (c) The Tor Project, Inc. +// See LICENSE for licensing information +// This is an asciidoc file used to generate the manpage/html reference. +// Learn asciidoc on https://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/userguide.html +:man source: Tor +:man manual: Tor Manual +tor-resolve(1) +============== +Peter Palfrader + +NAME +---- +tor-resolve - resolve a hostname to an IP address via tor + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +**tor-resolve** [-4|-5] [-v] [-x] [-p __socksport__] __hostname__ [__sockshost__[:__socksport__]] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +**tor-resolve** is a simple script to connect to a SOCKS proxy that knows about +the SOCKS RESOLVE command, hand it a hostname, and return an IP address. + +By default, **tor-resolve** uses the Tor server running on 127.0.0.1 on SOCKS +port 9050. If this isn't what you want, you should specify an explicit +__sockshost__ and/or __socksport__ on the command line. + +OPTIONS +------- +**-v**:: + Display verbose output. + +**-x**:: + Perform a reverse lookup: get the PTR record for an IPv4 address. + +**-5**:: + Use the SOCKS5 protocol. (Default) + +**-4**:: + Use the SOCKS4a protocol rather than the default SOCKS5 protocol. Doesn't + support reverse DNS. + +**-p** __socksport__:: + Override the default SOCKS port without setting the hostname. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +**tor**(1), **torify**(1). + + +For protocol details, see: https://spec.torproject.org/socks-extensions + +AUTHORS +------- +Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu>, Nick Mathewson <nickm@alum.mit.edu>. |