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authorJeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>2014-07-29 11:04:46 -0400
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>2014-07-29 11:04:46 -0400
commit2e7009d67b862cf822a1c70e181de6af659a3096 (patch)
tree602ae29c65803e3658664e43bcefd41b118fa14d /src/init.cpp
parent29203228710de3e180914c1d66f48dd7e41270a0 (diff)
Avoid querying DNS seeds, if we have open connections.
The goal is to increase independence and privacy.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/init.cpp')
-rw-r--r--src/init.cpp3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 127529382f..14816f5016 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
strUsage += " -connect=<ip> " + _("Connect only to the specified node(s)") + "\n";
strUsage += " -discover " + _("Discover own IP address (default: 1 when listening and no -externalip)") + "\n";
strUsage += " -dns " + _("Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect") + " " + _("(default: 1)") + "\n";
- strUsage += " -dnsseed " + _("Find peers using DNS lookup (default: 1 unless -connect)") + "\n";
+ strUsage += " -dnsseed " + _("Query for peer addresses via DNS lookup, if low on addresses (default: 1 unless -connect)") + "\n";
+ strUsage += " -forcednsseed " + _("Always query for peer addresses via DNS lookup (default: 0)") + "\n";
strUsage += " -externalip=<ip> " + _("Specify your own public address") + "\n";
strUsage += " -listen " + _("Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)") + "\n";
strUsage += " -maxconnections=<n> " + _("Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: 125)") + "\n";