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tor-resolve(1)
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Peter Palfrader

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

SYNOPSIS
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**tor-resolve** [-4|-5] [-v] [-x] __hostname__ [__sockshost__[:__socksport__]]

DESCRIPTION
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**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.

By default, **tor-resolve** uses the Tor server running on 127.0.0.1 on SOCKS
port 9050.  If this isn't what you want, you should specify an explicit
__sockshost__ and/or __socksport__ on the command line.

OPTIONS
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**-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 protocol. Doesn't
    support reverse DNS.

SEE ALSO
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**tor**(1), **torify**(1). +

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

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