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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 5cf7ff7e3..ec350ba61 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1040,16 +1040,20 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if applications to do DNS resolves themselves is usually a bad idea and can leak your location to attackers. (Default: 1) -**VirtualAddrNetwork** __Address__/__bits__:: +**VirtualAddrNetworkIPv4** __Address__/__bits__ + + +**VirtualAddrNetworkIPv6** [__Address__]/__bits__:: When Tor needs to assign a virtual (unused) address because of a MAPADDRESS command from the controller or the AutomapHostsOnResolve feature, Tor - picks an unassigned address from this range. (Default: - 127.192.0.0/10) + + picks an unassigned address from this range. (Defaults: + 127.192.0.0/10 and [FE80::]/10 respectively.) + + When providing proxy server service to a network of computers using a tool - like dns-proxy-tor, change this address to "10.192.0.0/10" or - "172.16.0.0/12". The default **VirtualAddrNetwork** address range on a - properly configured machine will route to the loopback interface. For + like dns-proxy-tor, change the IPv4 network to "10.192.0.0/10" or + "172.16.0.0/12" and change the IPv6 network to "[FC00]/7". + The default **VirtualAddrNetwork** address ranges on a + properly configured machine will route to the loopback or link-local + interface. For local use, no change to the default VirtualAddrNetwork setting is needed. **AllowNonRFC953Hostnames** **0**|**1**:: |