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