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@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
## Configuration file for a typical Tor user
-## Last updated 22 December 2007 for Tor 0.2.0.14-alpha.
+## Last updated 30 January 2009 for Tor 0.2.1.12-alpha.
## (May or may not work for much older or much newer versions of Tor.)
##
## Lines that begin with "## " try to explain what's going on. Lines
## that begin with just "#" are disabled commands: you can enable them
## by removing the "#" symbol.
##
-## See the man page, or https://www.torproject.org/tor-manual-dev.html,
+## See 'man tor', or https://www.torproject.org/tor-manual.html,
## for more options you can use in this file.
##
## Tor will look for this file in various places based on your platform:
-## http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#torrc
+## https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#torrc
## Replace this with "SocksPort 0" if you plan to run Tor only as a
-## server, and not make any local application connections yourself.
+## relay, and not make any local application connections yourself.
SocksPort 9050 # what port to open for local application connections
SocksListenAddress 127.0.0.1 # accept connections only from localhost
#SocksListenAddress 192.168.0.1:9100 # listen on this IP:port also
@@ -74,32 +74,33 @@ SocksListenAddress 127.0.0.1 # accept connections only from localhost
#
## See https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay for details.
-## A unique handle for your server.
+## Required: what port to advertise for incoming Tor connections.
+#ORPort 9001
+## If you need to listen on a port other than the one advertised
+## in ORPort (e.g. to advertise 443 but bind to 9090), uncomment the
+## line below too. You'll need to do ipchains or other port forwarding
+## yourself to make this work.
+#ORListenAddress 0.0.0.0:9090
+
+## A handle for your relay, so people don't have to refer to it by key.
#Nickname ididnteditheconfig
-## The IP or FQDN for your server. Leave commented out and Tor will guess.
+## The IP or FQDN for your relay. Leave commented out and Tor will guess.
#Address noname.example.com
-## Define these to limit the bandwidth usage of relayed (server)
-## traffic. Your own traffic is still unthrottled.
-## Note that RelayBandwidthRate must be at least 20 KB.
+## Define these to limit how much relayed traffic you will allow. Your
+## own traffic is still unthrottled. Note that RelayBandwidthRate must
+## be at least 20 KBytes.
#RelayBandwidthRate 100 KBytes # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps)
#RelayBandwidthBurst 200 KBytes # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps)
## Contact info to be published in the directory, so we can contact you
-## if your server is misconfigured or something else goes wrong.
+## if your relay is misconfigured or something else goes wrong. Google
+## indexes this, so spammers might also collect it.
#ContactInfo Random Person <nobody AT example dot com>
## You might also include your PGP or GPG fingerprint if you have one:
#ContactInfo 1234D/FFFFFFFF Random Person <nobody AT example dot com>
-## Required: what port to advertise for Tor connections.
-#ORPort 9001
-## If you need to listen on a port other than the one advertised
-## in ORPort (e.g. to advertise 443 but bind to 9090), uncomment the
-## line below too. You'll need to do ipchains or other port forwarding
-## yourself to make this work.
-#ORListenAddress 0.0.0.0:9090
-
## Uncomment this to mirror directory information for others. Please do
## if you have enough bandwidth.
#DirPort 9030 # what port to advertise for directory connections
@@ -113,19 +114,20 @@ SocksListenAddress 127.0.0.1 # accept connections only from localhost
## contacting them.
#DirPortFrontPage /etc/tor/exit-notice.html
-## Uncomment this if you run more than one Tor server, and add the
-## nickname of each Tor server you control, even if they're on different
-## networks. You declare it here so Tor clients can avoid using more than
-## one of your servers in a single circuit. See
-## http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#MultipleServers
-#MyFamily nickname1,nickname2,...
+## Uncomment this if you run more than one Tor relay, and add the identity
+## key fingerprint of each Tor relay you control, even if they're on
+## different networks. You declare it here so Tor clients can avoid
+## using more than one of your relays in a single circuit. See
+## https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#MultipleServers
+#MyFamily $keyid,$keyid,...
## A comma-separated list of exit policies. They're considered first
## to last, and the first match wins. If you want to _replace_
## the default exit policy, end this with either a reject *:* or an
## accept *:*. Otherwise, you're _augmenting_ (prepending to) the
## default exit policy. Leave commented to just use the default, which is
-## available in the man page or at https://www.torproject.org/documentation.html
+## described in the man page or at
+## https://www.torproject.org/documentation.html
##
## Look at https://www.torproject.org/faq-abuse.html#TypicalAbuses
## for issues you might encounter if you use the default exit policy.
@@ -138,17 +140,12 @@ SocksListenAddress 127.0.0.1 # accept connections only from localhost
#ExitPolicy accept *:119 # accept nntp as well as default exit policy
#ExitPolicy reject *:* # no exits allowed
#
-################ This section is just for bridge relays ##############
-#
-## Bridge relays (or "bridges" ) are Tor relays that aren't listed in the
+## Bridge relays (or "bridges") are Tor relays that aren't listed in the
## main directory. Since there is no complete public list of them, even if an
## ISP is filtering connections to all the known Tor relays, they probably
-## won't be able to block all the bridges. Unlike running an exit relay,
-## running a bridge relay just passes data to and from the Tor network --
-## so it shouldn't expose the operator to abuse complaints.
-
-#ORPort 443
+## won't be able to block all the bridges. Also, websites won't treat you
+## differently because they won't know you're running Tor. If you can
+## be a real relay, please do; but if not, be a bridge!
#BridgeRelay 1
-#RelayBandwidthRate 50KBytes
#ExitPolicy reject *:*