From d7c20e663f3f85238665fed52b0bb35bcc3fc942 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rofl0r Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 19:42:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] tinyproxy.conf.5: document syntax for upstream IPv6 addresses follow-up to 2bec15ee40dd26920e4f275acd3a7c84a1b6012c --- docs/man5/tinyproxy.conf.txt.in | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/man5/tinyproxy.conf.txt.in b/docs/man5/tinyproxy.conf.txt.in index 28f4ab9..ed137e2 100644 --- a/docs/man5/tinyproxy.conf.txt.in +++ b/docs/man5/tinyproxy.conf.txt.in @@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ connection is done directly. =back +It's recommended to use raw IP addresses to specify the upstream host, so +no costly DNS lookup has to be done everytime it is used. +IPv6 addresses need to be enclosed in square brackets. + The site can be specified in various forms as a hostname, domain name or as an IP range: