[doc] [tor] Clarify when to use bind #6643

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MarcoFalke commented at 4:21 PM on September 6, 2015: member

Not sure if useful but this is a summary of #6585.
[doc] [tor] Clarify when to use bind
c.f. #6585
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laanwj commented at 1:45 PM on September 8, 2015: member

Makes sense, thanks
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in doc/tor.md:None in 238851bf64

  75 | -specify:
  76 | +(obviously, replace the Onion address with your own). It should be noted that you still
  77 | +listen on all devices and another node could establish a clearnet connection, when knowing
  78 | +your address. To mitigate this, additionally bind the address of your Tor proxy:
  79 | +
  80 | +	./bitcoind ... -bind=127.0.0.1

Diapolo commented at 2:54 PM on September 9, 2015:

AFAIK using -bind will implicitly set -listen, too. Dunno if that requires further clarification.

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#6585 Runing bitcoind through a tor proxy does not hide my ipv6 address