.TH tor-resolve 1 "" Aug-2004 ""
.\" manual page by Peter Palfrader
.SH NAME
.LP
tor-resolve \- resolve a hostname to an IP address via tor

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBtor-resolve\fP\ [-4|-5] [-v] [-x] \fIhostname\fP\ [\fIsockshost\fP[:\fIsocksport]\fP]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBtor-resolve\fR 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.
.SH OPTIONS
\fB-v \fP
Display verbose output.
.LP
.TP
\fB-x\fP
Perform a reverse lookup: get the PTR record for an IPv4 address.
.LP
.TP
\fB-5\fP
Use the SOCKS5 protocol. (Default)
.LP
.TP
\fB-4\fP
Use the SOCKS4a protocol rather than the default SOCKS5 protocol.  Doesn't
support reverse DNS.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR tor (1),
.BR torify (1).
.PP
See doc/socks-extensions.txt in the Tor package for protocol details.

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