Re: How to define DNS name?

[Tristan Helmich <Tristan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.

You need to set an DNS A record pointing to your servers IP address and
configure it in your torrc file.
Extract from torrc:

    ## The IP or fqdn for this server. Leave commented out and Tor will
    guess.
    Address your-dns-a-record.yourdomain.com


If you don't own an domain name where you can edit the DNS records you
can register at a free DNS provider like dyndns.org or afraid.org.

Greetings from sunny Munich
Tristan

Landorin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the network server list I see server entries such as the following:
>   altron <http://serifos.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/desc.pl?q=altron> 
> v3 dont-dos-me-i-am-just-a-tor-exit.yi.org [DE-TECT-20050224]
> <http://serifos.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/whois.pl?q=85.214.38.21>
>
>  babylon5 <http://serifos.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/desc.pl?q=babylon5>
> 	v1 ist-hier-dank.nachbars-wlan.de [SERVER4YOU-1
> <http://serifos.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/whois.pl?q=217.172.187.46>]
>
>
> For my server it only shows my IP where the first server has "dont-dos...".
> How exactly can I change that so instead of showing my IP it shows a DNS like name? The Wiki only says something about controling the DNS names for my server but I don't really know what that means and how that can be done. For DNS resolving, my PC contacts my ISP DNS servers.
> <http://www.nod32.com>