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- $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.70 2011/04/19 13:14:10 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.71 2011/05/15 10:48:58 fabiankeil Exp $
Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
Sample Configuration File for Privoxy v&p-version;
</title>
<para>
- $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.70 2011/04/19 13:14:10 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.71 2011/05/15 10:48:58 fabiankeil Exp $
</para>
<para>
Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
supports it, have a look at
<literal>http://config.privoxy.org/show-status</literal>.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Some operating systems will prefer IPv6 to IPv4 addresses even if the
+ system has no IPv6 connectivity which is usually not expected by the user.
+ Some even rely on DNS to resolve localhost which mean the "localhost" address
+ used may not actually be local.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ It is therefore recommended to explicitly configure the intended IP address
+ instead of relying on the operating system, unless there's a strong reason not to.
+ </para>
<para>
If you leave out the address, <application>Privoxy</application> will bind to all
IPv4 interfaces (addresses) on your machine and may become reachable from the