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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2013-02-19 02:47:44 -0500
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2013-02-19 02:47:44 -0500
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Document (on man page) which DNS record types Tor knows.
Fixes bug 7876
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@@ -1159,7 +1159,9 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
**DNSPort** \['address':]__port__|**auto** [_isolation flags_]::
If non-zero, open this port to listen for UDP DNS requests, and resolve
- them anonymously. Set the port to "auto" to have Tor pick a port for
+ them anonymously. This port only handles A, AAAA, and PTR requests---it
+ doesn't handle arbitrary DNS request types. Set the port to "auto" to
+ have Tor pick a port for
you. This directive can be specified multiple times to bind to multiple
addresses/ports. See SOCKSPort for an explanation of isolation
flags. (Default: 0)