commit 6fce18916f8a58ad129c98710b44ae40928806cc
parent fc080b4113c769bd75b81ef4ba571c8df96f5a7b
Author: David Goulet <dgoulet@torproject.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:06:20 -0500
Merge branch 'tor-gitlab/mr/331'
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/changes/bug40256_045 b/changes/bug40256_045
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ o Minor bugfixes (documentation):
+ - Fix a formatting error on the documentation for
+ VirtualAddrNetworkIPv6. Fixes bug 40256; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha.
diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt
@@ -1788,8 +1788,9 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
The default **VirtualAddrNetwork** address ranges on a
properly configured machine will route to the loopback or link-local
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
+ for IPv6 and 16 for IPv4. However, a larger network
+ (that is, one with a 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.