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[tor-relays] Re: DirPort IPv6



On 04.12.2025 20:22 DiffieHellman <mailing_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Reviewing a lot of contradictory information online and the tor
> ChangeLog and torrc.sample, it appears that the DirPort supports
> IPv6, but only authorities actually advertise directory information
> anymore.
> 
> There is still the secondary DirPort use, to serve the tor exit
> notice (DirPort 80\n DirPortFrontPage /etc/tor/tor-exit-notice.html)
> - which seems to be only targeted at those who see abuse and decide
> to put the IPv4 address into a search engine and realise that it's a
> tor exit (it seems that an assumption has been made that such sort
> typically manages broken networks that are IPv4-only and therefore
> listening on IPv6 wouldn't achieve anything).

Thanks for the clarification. The note about this in the default torrc
is outdated.

-- 
kind regards
Marco

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