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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2012-12-07 12:42:02 -0500 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2012-12-07 12:42:55 -0500 |
| commit | 504d4aa8c61c172f2b73bcee00cb3cfb0e6fff07 (patch) | |
| tree | 5ff0417102826e3cdf3807a6e18cdd34a75ef3ab /doc | |
| parent | f366b0112eecb4b59d823ff96b9241898349804b (diff) | |
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Expand the manpage to say: watch out for nonlocal socks
This clears up the remaining issue stopping me from closing bug 6297.
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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 1a7f8d597..d2687177b 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -914,7 +914,13 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if IPv6.) **PreferIPv6**;; Tells exits that, if a host has both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address, - we would prefer to connect to it via IPv6. (IPv4 is the default.) + we would prefer to connect to it via IPv6. (IPv4 is the default.) + ++ + NOTE: Although this option allows you to specify an IP address other than + localhost, you should do so only with extreme caution. The SOCKS + protocol is unencrypted and (as we use it) unauthenticated, so exposing + it in this way could leak your information to anybody watching your + network, and allow anybody to use your computer as an open proxy. **SOCKSListenAddress** __IP__[:__PORT__]:: Bind to this address to listen for connections from Socks-speaking |