On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 10:57:18AM -0300, alexyz@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I am playing around with the configuration of exit policies. If I change them, how do I get Tor to recognize the changes (or any > other change in the torrc file)? Do I have to quit and restart (and thus break existing connections)? Yes. > I´ve seen something on the manual relative to SIGNALS. What are these for and how do I use them? On *nix you send a signal with the "kill" command, no idea how that works under Windows. > Logging. Since this project is still in the alpha phase I believe you would appreciate reports of weird behaviour. How do I recognize > these, what are you guys interested in? What level of logging should I start with? The most useful logs are created with Debug. > Security. Since running Tor server, the number of portscans I get has increased dramatically. I use Norton Firewall (and also Anti- > Virus) so they don´t go any further. But I just started wondering if I should take extra precautions because now I run a server. > What do you think about extra precautions and what might those be? If you're running 2000 or XP I would recommend that you look up how Group Policy Objects and that sort of thing works for some basic hardening. The NSA has some good guides at http://www.nsa.gov/snac/downloads_os.cfm?MenuID=scg10.3.1.1 And as always: Use WindowsUpdate (set on automatic) AntiVirus Firewall Read http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.mspx /Thomas --
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