From: Nick Mathewson Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:32:50 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Clarify that Address is an IPv4 option only. X-Git-Tag: tor-0.3.2.2-alpha~83^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6d8f98646bc5e0607427832135c6d5680b4318e9;p=thirdparty%2Ftor.git Clarify that Address is an IPv4 option only. --- diff --git a/changes/ticket18891 b/changes/ticket18891 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..34fd1cb8c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/ticket18891 @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Documentation: + - Clarify that the Address option is entirely about setting an + advertised IPv4 address. Closes ticket 18891. diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index f669a055c0..5250163156 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1642,12 +1642,13 @@ The following options are useful only for servers (that is, if ORPort is non-zero): [[Address]] **Address** __address__:: - The IP address or fully qualified domain name of this server (e.g. - moria.mit.edu). You can leave this unset, and Tor will guess your IP - address. This IP address is the one used to tell clients and other - servers where to find your Tor server; it doesn't affect the IP that your - Tor client binds to. To bind to a different address, use the - *ListenAddress and OutboundBindAddress options. + The IPv4 address of this server, or a fully qualified domain name of + this server that resolves to an IPv4 address. You can leave this + unset, and Tor will try to guess your IPv4 address. This IPv4 + address is the one used to tell clients and other servers where to + find your Tor server; it doesn't affect the address that your server + binds to. To bind to a different address, use the ORPort and + OutboundBindAddress options. [[AssumeReachable]] **AssumeReachable** **0**|**1**:: This option is used when bootstrapping a new Tor network. If set to 1,