From e759c0ec4e6433e6d8cb010dda72b92b7477ae5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: teor Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:38:17 +1000 Subject: Prop 312: Clarify OS hostname API behaviour Part of 33049. --- proposals/312-relay-auto-ipv6-addr.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'proposals/312-relay-auto-ipv6-addr.txt') diff --git a/proposals/312-relay-auto-ipv6-addr.txt b/proposals/312-relay-auto-ipv6-addr.txt index 659e5a1..98c86c1 100644 --- a/proposals/312-relay-auto-ipv6-addr.txt +++ b/proposals/312-relay-auto-ipv6-addr.txt @@ -414,7 +414,8 @@ Ticket: #33073 and IPv6 addresses for: * the Address torrc option (see section 3.2.1), and * the local hostname. - However, OS APIs typically only return a single hostname. + However, OS APIs typically only return a single hostname. (Rather than a + separate hostname for IPv4 and IPv6.) For security reasons, directory authorities only use addresses that are explicitly configured in their torrc. Since hostname lookups may use DNS, -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf