[tor-commits] [tor/master] DisableNetwork documentation improvised

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Tue Mar 13 20:31:17 UTC 2018


commit 42008ee72180752dc442ccd69b568e786f9a9bb8
Author: ArunaMaurya221B <aruna.maurya12 at gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Feb 12 15:09:00 2018 +0530

    DisableNetwork documentation improvised
---
 doc/tor.1.txt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index bc04ed6ed..3ebddf9b3 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
     other than controller connections, and we close (and don't reattempt)
     any outbound
     connections.  Controllers sometimes use this option to avoid using
-    the network until Tor is fully configured. (Default: 0)
+    the network until Tor is fully configured.  Tor will make still certain
+    network-related calls (like DNS lookups) as a part of its configuration
+    process, even if DisableNetwork is set. (Default: 0)
 
 [[ConstrainedSockets]] **ConstrainedSockets** **0**|**1**::
     If set, Tor will tell the kernel to attempt to shrink the buffers for all



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