commit 6d8f98646bc5e0607427832135c6d5680b4318e9
parent 1f602e86433cc132981e8f9727266353ea2c3b0e
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:32:50 -0400
Clarify that Address is an IPv4 option only.
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/changes/ticket18891 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
@@ -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,
