.TH vanguards "1" "July 2018" "vanguards" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
vanguards \- Additional protections for Tor onion services
.SH SYNOPSIS
vanguards [\-h] [\-\-state STATE_FILE] [\-\-generate_config WRITE_FILE]
[\-\-loglevel LOGLEVEL] [\-\-logfile LOGFILE]
[\-\-config CONFIG_FILE] [\-\-control_ip CONTROL_IP]
[\-\-control_port CONTROL_PORT]
[\-\-control_socket CONTROL_SOCKET]
[\-\-control_pass CONTROL_PASS] [\-\-disable_bandguards]
[\-\-disable_rendguard] [\-\-enable_cbtverify]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Connect to a Tor process via its control port to manage additional protections
for onion services.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-state\fR STATE_FILE
File to store vanguard state
.TP
\fB\-\-generate_config\fR WRITE_FILE
Write config to a file after applying command args
.TP
\fB\-\-loglevel\fR LOGLEVEL
Log verbosity (DEBUG, INFO, NOTICE, WARN, or ERROR)
.TP
\fB\-\-logfile\fR LOGFILE
Log to LOGFILE instead of stdout
.TP
\fB\-\-config\fR CONFIG_FILE
Location of config file with more advanced settings
.TP
\fB\-\-control_ip\fR CONTROL_IP
The IP address of the Tor Control Port to connect to
(default: 127.0.0.1)
.TP
\fB\-\-control_port\fR CONTROL_PORT
The Tor Control Port to connect to (default: 9051)
.TP
\fB\-\-control_socket\fR CONTROL_SOCKET
The Tor Control Socket path to connect to
.TP
\fB\-\-control_pass\fR CONTROL_PASS
The Tor Control Port password (optional)
.TP
\fB\-\-retry_limit\fR RETRY_LIMIT
Reconnect attempt limit on failure (default: Infinite)
.TP
\fB\-\-one_shot_vanguards\fR
Set and write layer2 and layer3 guards to torrc and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-disable_vanguards\fR
Disable setting any layer2 and layer3 guards.
.TP
\fB\-\-disable_bandguards\fR
Disable circuit side channel checks (may help
performance)
.TP
\fB\-\-disable_rendguard\fR
Disable rendezvous misuse checks (may help
performance)
.TP
\fB\-\-enable_cbtverify\fR
Enable Circuit Build Time monitoring
.SH SEE ALSO
tor(1)

https://github.com/mikeperry-tor/vanguards/blob/master/README.md