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| author | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2015-09-06 17:54:41 +0200 |
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| committer | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2015-09-06 18:17:35 +0200 |
| commit | 238851bf645709c8a333f48517ffcdb29a9c1434 (patch) | |
| tree | 23faaaf3583a7e7db64e584638372c99a300d941 | |
| parent | 536207f3167daad1fa3d60a1de7d9cb55db28ac9 (diff) | |
[doc] [tor] Clarify when to use bind
c.f. #6585
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tor.md | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
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 |