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Add documentation for the client-side DNS cache options

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Nick Mathewson 2012-11-25 15:30:11 -05:00
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@ -929,11 +929,30 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
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.) +
+
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.
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.
**CacheIPv4DNS**;;
Tells the client to remember IPv4 DNS answers we receive from exit
nodes via this connection. (On by default.)
**CacheIPv6DNS**;;
Tells the client to remember IPv6 DNS answers we receive from exit
nodes via this connection.
**CacheDNS**;;
Tells the client to remember all DNS answers we receive from exit
nodes via this connection.
**UseIPv4Cache**;;
Tells the client to use any cached IPv4 DNS answers we have when making
requests via this connection. (On by default.)
**UseIPv6Cache**;;
Tells the client to use any cached IPv6 DNS answers we have when making
requests via this connection.
**UseDNSCache**;;
Tells the client to use any cached DNS answers we have when making
requests via this connection.
**SOCKSListenAddress** __IP__[:__PORT__]::
Bind to this address to listen for connections from Socks-speaking