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| author | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2004-12-17 07:29:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2004-12-17 07:29:14 +0000 |
| commit | 2ccd8cb9f9b9caaeab7bb811e1c92a04f4670193 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/doc/tor-doc.html b/doc/tor-doc.html index 27b589c185..a1a08c66de 100644 --- a/doc/tor-doc.html +++ b/doc/tor-doc.html @@ -244,16 +244,18 @@ href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ">the FAQ</a> for details.</li> <li>It's fine if the server goes offline sometimes. The directories notice this quickly and stop advertising the server. Just try to make -sure it's not too often, since connections through the server when it +sure it's not too often, since connections using the server when it disconnects will break.</li> <li>We can handle servers with dynamic IPs just fine, as long as the server itself knows its IP. If your server is behind a NAT and it doesn't -know its own IP (e.g. it has an IP of 192.168.x.y), then we can't use it -as a server yet. (If you want to set your Address config option to dyndns -DNS voodoo and port forward to get around this, feel free. If you write a -howto, <a href="mailto:tor-volunteer@freehaven.net">even better</a>.)</li> -<li>Your server will passively estimate and publish its recent capacity. -Client paths are chosen weighted by this capacity, so high-bandwidth +know its public IP (e.g. it has an IP of 192.168.x.y), then we can't use it +as a server yet. (If you want to port forward and set your Address +config option to use dyndns DNS voodoo to get around this, feel free. If +you write a howto, <a href="mailto:tor-volunteer@freehaven.net">even +better</a>.)</li> +<li>Your server will passively estimate and advertise its recent +bandwidth capacity. +Clients choose paths weighted by this capacity, so high-bandwidth servers will attract more paths than low-bandwidth ones. That's why having even low-bandwidth servers is useful too.</li> </ul> @@ -288,7 +290,9 @@ plus any other addresses or ports your exit policy allows. address them. </ul> +<p> Optionally, we recommend the following steps as well: +</p> <ul> <li>1. Make a separate user to run the server. If you |