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authorMarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com>2016-12-02 20:33:27 +0100
committerMarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com>2016-12-02 20:34:06 +0100
commitc36229b0b2e9d4554053f5c9fc451ac29a493b1f (patch)
treee453bb06b8cc1d509368e6bd73b8d40e3fa1cea0 /src/init.cpp
parent9e4bb312e6958d2baa309ba670e5eed1523c6f47 (diff)
parent8a70a9da3da0df5c376042b18b87f0a63e88d2e3 (diff)
downloadbitcoin-c36229b0b2e9d4554053f5c9fc451ac29a493b1f.tar.xz
Merge #9251: Improvement of documentation of command line parameter 'whitelist'
8a70a9d Improvement of documentation of command line parameter 'whitelist' (wodry)
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diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 377d196f2b..555c0f83f3 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
#endif
#endif
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-whitebind=<addr>", _("Bind to given address and whitelist peers connecting to it. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6"));
- strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-whitelist=<netmask>", _("Whitelist peers connecting from the given netmask or IP address. Can be specified multiple times.") +
+ strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-whitelist=<IP address or network>", _("Whitelist peers connecting from the given IP address (e.g. 1.2.3.4) or CIDR notated network (e.g. 1.2.3.0/24). Can be specified multiple times.") +
" " + _("Whitelisted peers cannot be DoS banned and their transactions are always relayed, even if they are already in the mempool, useful e.g. for a gateway"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-whitelistrelay", strprintf(_("Accept relayed transactions received from whitelisted peers even when not relaying transactions (default: %d)"), DEFAULT_WHITELISTRELAY));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-whitelistforcerelay", strprintf(_("Force relay of transactions from whitelisted peers even if they violate local relay policy (default: %d)"), DEFAULT_WHITELISTFORCERELAY));