[tor-commits] [tor/master] Document the ?? country code.

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Fri Feb 1 22:25:08 UTC 2013


commit ec7ffed79da3f84d4bff7b92434f872dd228102c
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Wed Jan 30 10:19:41 2013 -0500

    Document the ?? country code.
---
 doc/tor.1.txt |   10 +++++++---
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 3b13a61..9473221 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -679,7 +679,11 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
     Note also that if you are a relay, this (and the other node selection
     options below) only affects your own circuits that Tor builds for you.
     Clients can still build circuits through you to any node.  Controllers
-    can tell Tor to build circuits through any node.
+    can tell Tor to build circuits through any node. +
+ +
+    Country codes are case-insensitive. The code "\{??}" refers to nodes whose
+    country can't be identified. No country code, including \{??}, works if
+    no GeoIPFile can be loaded. See also the GeoIPExcludeUnknown option below.
 
 
 **ExcludeExitNodes** __node__,__node__,__...__::
@@ -691,8 +695,8 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
 
 **GeoIPExcludeUnknown** **0**|**1**|**auto**::
     If this option is set to 'auto', then whenever any country code is set in
-    ExcludeNodes or ExcludeEntryNodes, all nodes with unknown country (?? and
-    possibly A1) are treated as excluded as well. If this option is set to
+    ExcludeNodes or ExcludeEntryNodes, all nodes with unknown country (\{??} and
+    possibly \{A1}) are treated as excluded as well. If this option is set to
     '1', then all unknown countries are treated as excluded in ExcludeNodes
     and ExcludeEntryNodes.  This option has no effect when a GeoIP file isn't
     configured or can't be found.  (Default: auto)





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