[tor-commits] [tor/master] Expand the manpage to say: watch out for nonlocal socks

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commit 504d4aa8c61c172f2b73bcee00cb3cfb0e6fff07
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Fri Dec 7 12:42:02 2012 -0500

    Expand the manpage to say: watch out for nonlocal socks
    
    This clears up the remaining issue stopping me from closing bug 6297.
---
 doc/tor.1.txt |    8 +++++++-
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 1a7f8d5..d268717 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -914,7 +914,13 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
         IPv6.)
     **PreferIPv6**;;
         Tells exits that, if a host has both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address,
-        we would prefer to connect to it via IPv6. (IPv4 is the default.)
+        we would prefer to connect to it via IPv6. (IPv4 is the default.) +
++
+    NOTE: Although this option allows you to specify an IP address other than
+    localhost, you should do so only with extreme caution.  The SOCKS
+    protocol is unencrypted and (as we use it) unauthenticated, so exposing
+    it in this way could leak your information to anybody watching your
+    network, and allow anybody to use your computer as an open proxy.
 
 **SOCKSListenAddress** __IP__[:__PORT__]::
     Bind to this address to listen for connections from Socks-speaking

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