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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2015-09-08 15:46:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2015-09-08 15:50:02 +0200 |
| commit | e8bb8ad85abe3d00b9dcc9f8cdbb0512b4ae46bb (patch) | |
| tree | 5e1f04f1e8bf4202e5818678686236ff7177eab9 | |
| parent | cd381d771953805a0784e17e9fa7e9c0d2524f55 (diff) | |
| parent | 238851bf645709c8a333f48517ffcdb29a9c1434 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-e8bb8ad85abe3d00b9dcc9f8cdbb0512b4ae46bb.tar.xz | |
Merge pull request #6643
238851b [doc] [tor] Clarify when to use bind (MarcoFalke)
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diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index 560f71fa27..f8b94d19d1 100644 --- a/doc/tor.md +++ b/doc/tor.md @@ -70,9 +70,14 @@ In a typical situation, where you're only reachable via Tor, this should suffice ./bitcoind -proxy=127.0.0.1:9050 -externalip=57qr3yd1nyntf5k.onion -listen -(obviously, replace the Onion address with your own). If you don't care too much -about hiding your node, and want to be reachable on IPv4 as well, additionally -specify: +(obviously, replace the Onion address with your own). It should be noted that you still +listen on all devices and another node could establish a clearnet connection, when knowing +your address. To mitigate this, additionally bind the address of your Tor proxy: + + ./bitcoind ... -bind=127.0.0.1 + +If you don't care too much about hiding your node, and want to be reachable on IPv4 +as well, use `discover` instead: ./bitcoind ... -discover |