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[or-cvs] r6964: man, our sample torrc sucked. (tor/trunk/src/config)
Author: arma
Date: 2006-08-01 00:08:15 -0400 (Tue, 01 Aug 2006)
New Revision: 6964
Modified:
tor/trunk/src/config/torrc.sample.in
Log:
man, our sample torrc sucked.
Modified: tor/trunk/src/config/torrc.sample.in
===================================================================
--- tor/trunk/src/config/torrc.sample.in 2006-07-31 20:25:57 UTC (rev 6963)
+++ tor/trunk/src/config/torrc.sample.in 2006-08-01 04:08:15 UTC (rev 6964)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
## Configuration file for a typical Tor user
-## Last updated 9 February 2006 for Tor 0.1.1.13-alpha.
+## Last updated 31 July 2006 for Tor 0.1.2.1-alpha.
## (May or may not work for older or newer versions of Tor.)
##
## Lines that begin with "## " try to explain what's going on. Lines
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
## server, 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 a chosen IP/port too
+#SocksListenAddress 192.168.0.1:9100 # listen on this IP:port also
## Entry policies to allow/deny SOCKS requests based on IP address.
## First entry that matches wins. If no SocksPolicy is set, we accept
@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@
############### This section is just for location-hidden services ###
-## Look in .../hidden_service/hostname for the address to tell people.
-## HiddenServicePort x y:z says to redirect a port x request from the
-## client to y:z.
+## Once you have configured a hidden service, you can look at the
+## contents of the file ".../hidden_service/hostname" for the address
+## to tell people.
+##
+## HiddenServicePort x y:z says to redirect requests on port x to the
+## address y:z.
#HiddenServiceDir @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/tor/hidden_service/
#HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80
@@ -77,29 +80,33 @@
################ This section is just for servers #####################
-## NOTE: If you enable these, you should consider mailing your identity
-## key fingerprint to the tor-ops, so we can add you to the list of
-## servers that clients will trust. See
+## NOTE: If you enable these, you should consider mailing the contents
+## of the "fingerprint" file to the tor-ops, so nobody else can pick
+## your nickname and use a different key. See
## http://tor.eff.org/docs/tor-doc-server.html for details.
-## Required: A unique handle for this server
+## Required: A unique handle for your server.
#Nickname ididnteditheconfig
-## The IP or fqdn for this server. Leave commented out and Tor will guess.
+## The IP or FQDN for your server. Leave commented out and Tor will guess.
#Address noname.example.com
-## Contact info that will be published in the directory, so we can
-## contact you if you need to upgrade or if something goes wrong.
-## This is optional but recommended.
+## Define these to limit your bandwidth usage. Note that BandwidthRate
+## must be at least 20 KB.
+#BandwidthRate 100 KB # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps)
+#BandwidthBurst 200 KB # 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.
#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
+## Required: what port to advertise for Tor connections.
#ORPort 9001
## If you want 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. You'll need to do ipchains or other port forwarding
+## 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
@@ -108,15 +115,15 @@
## http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#LimitBandwidth
#DirPort 9030 # what port to advertise for directory connections
## If you want to listen on a port other than the one advertised
-## in DirPort (e.g. to advertise 80 but bind 9091), uncomment the line
-## below. You'll need to do ipchains or other port forwarding yourself
+## in DirPort (e.g. to advertise 80 but bind to 9091), uncomment the line
+## below too. You'll need to do ipchains or other port forwarding yourself
## to make this work.
#DirListenAddress 0.0.0.0:9091
## 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. We declare it here so clients can avoid using more than
-## one of your servers in a given circuit.
+## networks. You declare it here so Tor clients can avoid using more than
+## one of your servers in a single circuit.
#MyFamily nickname1,nickname2,...
## A comma-separated list of exit policies. They're considered first