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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2024-03-21 14:15:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2024-03-21 17:43:16 +0100 |
| commit | c8c5d12e4547c40d053d53eb50f6e6eb28ad1642 (patch) | |
| tree | 679b6aa67f7ad2645d6c9a3b0fa51b88d060f88c /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 6f9d844d2ece7b369d17bbe678978462425f869c (diff) | |
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doc: Update ‘block-facebook-hosts-service-type’ description.
This is a followup to c1d37d0653766c8de52e22bae01701baf503338f.
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Update to mention unroutable
addresses.
Change-Id: I6f62e1f414a3eb7892b2d4cc0d011458bbec7001
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 20f007b1c0..af85d5c2a0 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -22719,9 +22719,9 @@ Logging level. This service type adds a list of known Facebook hosts to the @file{/etc/hosts} file. (@pxref{Host Names,,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}) -Each line contains a entry that maps a known server name of the Facebook -on-line service---e.g., @code{www.facebook.com}---to the local -host---@code{127.0.0.1} or its IPv6 equivalent, @code{::1}. +Each line contains an entry that maps a known server name of the Facebook +on-line service---e.g., @code{www.facebook.com}---to unroutable IPv4 and +IPv6 addresses. This mechanism can prevent programs running locally, such as Web browsers, from accessing Facebook. |