commit b599f489ae3a1ec8e4f0742243c41dc15f040930 Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> Date: Mon Mar 8 11:15:37 2021 -0500 Fix documentation formatting for VirtualAddrNetworkIPv6 Fixes bug #40256; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha. --- changes/bug40256_045 | 3 +++ doc/man/tor.1.txt | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/changes/bug40256_045 b/changes/bug40256_045 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..14e67659e0 --- /dev/null +++ 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 index 58774e555f..b57c6ec70a 100644 --- a/doc/man/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/man/tor.1.txt @@ -1797,8 +1797,9 @@ 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.