From cb9620780ff6c69b88ec0400d3fd140e28a7aec2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NikosVlagoidis Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 18:52:26 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update advanced.rst --- docs/user/advanced.rst | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/user/advanced.rst b/docs/user/advanced.rst index 11ee4e3f..742fa4cd 100644 --- a/docs/user/advanced.rst +++ b/docs/user/advanced.rst @@ -593,9 +593,7 @@ as using a HTTP one:: 'https': 'socks5://user:pass@host:port' } -Using socks5 proxy resolve domains through the client instead of the proxy server. This is done to be -in line with curl, which uses different schemes to decide whether to resolve via the proxy or via the client. -You need to use the scheme socks5h is you want to resolve domains through the proxy server. +Using the scheme socks5 causes the DNS resolution to happen on the client, rather than on the proxy server. This is in line with curl, which uses the scheme to decide whether to do the DNS resolution on the client or proxy. If you want to resolve the domains on the proxy server, use socks5h as the scheme. .. _compliance: