[tor-commits] [webwml/staging] faq: add note on weaker anonymity for IPv6 (#20045)

hiro at torproject.org hiro at torproject.org
Mon Aug 27 11:02:57 UTC 2018


commit aac5a17d82e7d19cb3feba0f7207b659d46bc01e
Author: traumschule <traumschuleriebau at riseup.net>
Date:   Sun Aug 19 03:08:35 2018 +0200

    faq: add note on weaker anonymity for IPv6 (#20045)
---
 docs/en/faq.wml | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/en/faq.wml b/docs/en/faq.wml
index 501c211a..a70542a9 100644
--- a/docs/en/faq.wml
+++ b/docs/en/faq.wml
@@ -2102,11 +2102,18 @@ the program iptables (for *nix) useful.
 
     <a id="IPv6"></a>
     <h3><a class="anchor" href="#IPv6">How do I use Tor from an IPv6 only host/computer?</a></h3>
-    <p>IPv6 is supported since Tor version 0.2.8.x or newer. To activate it add the following two entries into your torrc file:
+    <p>
+    IPv6 is supported since Tor version 0.2.8.x or newer. To activate it add
+    the following two entries into your torrc file:
+    </p>
     <pre>
   ClientUseIPv4 0
   ClientUseIPv6 1
     </pre>
+    <p>
+    Note that as of 2018 there aren't many IPv6 users, or IPv6 guards, so
+    Tor over IPv6 is less anonymous than Tor over IPv4.
+    </p>
 
     <hr>
 





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