tor-resolve(1)

NAME

tor-resolve - resolve a hostname to an IP address via tor

SYNOPSIS

tor-resolve [-4|-5] [-v] [-x] hostname [sockshost[:socksport]]

DESCRIPTION

tor-resolve is a simple script to connect to a SOCKS proxy that knows about the SOCKS RESOLVE command, hand it a hostname, and return an IP address.

OPTIONS

-v Display verbose output.

-x Perform a reverse lookup: get the PTR record for an IPv4

address.

-5 Use the SOCKS5 protocol. (Default)

-4 Use the SOCKS4a protocol rather than the default SOCKS5 proto

col. Doesn't support reverse DNS.

SEE ALSO

tor(1), torify(1).

See doc/socks-extensions.txt in the Tor package for protocol details.

AUTHORS

Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu>, Nick Mathewson <nickm@alum.mit.edu>.

Aug-2004 tor-resolve(1)