From ae4077916c94e9c15fa2800f51409ccb116bf63f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo Inglese Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 12:18:51 +0100 Subject: Fix parse_virtual_addr_network minimum network size --- doc/tor.1.txt | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 2e73b2784c..9f4eb31445 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1275,8 +1275,11 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if "172.16.0.0/12" and change the IPv6 network to "[FC00::]/7". The default **VirtualAddrNetwork** address ranges on a properly configured machine will route to the loopback or link-local - interface. For - local use, no change to the default VirtualAddrNetwork setting is needed. + 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 + used IP. For local use, no change to the default VirtualAddrNetwork setting + is needed. [[AllowNonRFC953Hostnames]] **AllowNonRFC953Hostnames** **0**|**1**:: When this option is disabled, Tor blocks hostnames containing illegal -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf