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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <[email protected]> | 2015-09-08 15:46:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <[email protected]> | 2015-09-08 15:50:02 +0200 |
| commit | e8bb8ad85abe3d00b9dcc9f8cdbb0512b4ae46bb (patch) | |
| tree | 5e1f04f1e8bf4202e5818678686236ff7177eab9 /doc | |
| parent | Merge pull request #6648 (diff) | |
| parent | [doc] [tor] Clarify when to use bind (diff) | |
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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 560f71fa2..f8b94d19d 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 |