[tor-commits] [tor/master] Improve the man page entry for Address.

dgoulet at torproject.org dgoulet at torproject.org
Tue Mar 23 12:19:31 UTC 2021


commit ed7081ae2eab64482eaa432836a6c6b58aebece2
Author: George Kadianakis <desnacked at riseup.net>
Date:   Mon Mar 22 16:38:24 2021 +0200

    Improve the man page entry for Address.
    
    Fixes bug #40296 .
---
 doc/man/tor.1.txt | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt
index a1552ef1aa..717c6f3d68 100644
--- a/doc/man/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/man/tor.1.txt
@@ -2186,13 +2186,14 @@ is non-zero):
     (Default: "month 1 0:00")
 
 [[Address]] **Address** __address__::
-    The IPv4 address of this server, or a fully qualified domain name of
-    this server that resolves to an IPv4 address.  You can leave this
-    unset, and Tor will try to guess your IPv4 address.  This IPv4
-    address is the one used to tell clients and other servers where to
-    find your Tor server; it doesn't affect the address that your server
-    binds to.  To bind to a different address, use the ORPort and
-    OutboundBindAddress options.
+    The address of this server, or a fully qualified domain name of this server
+    that resolves to an address.  You can leave this unset, and Tor will try to
+    guess your address.  If a domain name is provided, Tor will attempt to
+    resolve it and use the underlying IPv4/IPv6 address as its publish address
+    (taking precedence over the ORPort configuration). The publish address is
+    the one used to tell clients and other servers where to find your Tor
+    server; it doesn't affect the address that your server binds to.  To bind
+    to a different address, use the ORPort and OutboundBindAddress options.
 
 [[AddressDisableIPv6]] **AddressDisableIPv6** **0**|**1**::
    By default, Tor will attempt to find the IPv6 of the relay if there is no





More information about the tor-commits mailing list