commit bde6f2daba59fc75ec32d91e2a29f8d21a08d487 Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Sun Nov 25 15:30:11 2012 -0500

Add documentation for the client-side DNS cache options --- doc/tor.1.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 29d99b8..d6b51cb 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -929,11 +929,30 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if Tells exits that, if a host has both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address, we would prefer to connect to it via IPv6. (IPv4 is the default.) + + - NOTE: Although this option allows you to specify an IP address other than - localhost, you should do so only with extreme caution. The SOCKS - protocol is unencrypted and (as we use it) unauthenticated, so exposing - it in this way could leak your information to anybody watching your - network, and allow anybody to use your computer as an open proxy. + NOTE: Although this option allows you to specify an IP address + other than localhost, you should do so only with extreme caution. + The SOCKS protocol is unencrypted and (as we use it) + unauthenticated, so exposing it in this way could leak your + information to anybody watching your network, and allow anybody + to use your computer as an open proxy. + **CacheIPv4DNS**;; + Tells the client to remember IPv4 DNS answers we receive from exit + nodes via this connection. (On by default.) + **CacheIPv6DNS**;; + Tells the client to remember IPv6 DNS answers we receive from exit + nodes via this connection. + **CacheDNS**;; + Tells the client to remember all DNS answers we receive from exit + nodes via this connection. + **UseIPv4Cache**;; + Tells the client to use any cached IPv4 DNS answers we have when making + requests via this connection. (On by default.) + **UseIPv6Cache**;; + Tells the client to use any cached IPv6 DNS answers we have when making + requests via this connection. + **UseDNSCache**;; + Tells the client to use any cached DNS answers we have when making + requests via this connection.

**SOCKSListenAddress** __IP__[:__PORT__]:: Bind to this address to listen for connections from Socks-speaking