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@@ -210,11 +210,15 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
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Note that this option, and other bandwidth-limiting options, apply to TCP
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data only: They do not count TCP headers or DNS traffic. +
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+ Tor uses powers of two, not powers of ten, so 1 GByte is
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+ 1024*1024*1024 bytes as opposed to 1 billion bytes. +
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With this option, and in other options that take arguments in bytes,
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KBytes, and so on, other formats are also supported. Notably, "KBytes" can
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also be written as "kilobytes" or "kb"; "MBytes" can be written as
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"megabytes" or "MB"; "kbits" can be written as "kilobits"; and so forth.
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+ Case doesn't matter.
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Tor also accepts "byte" and "bit" in the singular.
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The prefixes "tera" and "T" are also recognized.
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If no units are given, we default to bytes.
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@@ -2292,9 +2296,9 @@ is non-zero):
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using a given calculation rule (see: AccountingStart, AccountingRule).
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Useful if you need to stay under a specific bandwidth. By default, the
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number used for calculation is the max of either the bytes sent or
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- received. For example, with AccountingMax set to 1 GByte, a server
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- could send 900 MBytes and receive 800 MBytes and continue running.
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- It will only hibernate once one of the two reaches 1 GByte. This can
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+ received. For example, with AccountingMax set to 1 TByte, a server
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+ could send 900 GBytes and receive 800 GBytes and continue running.
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+ It will only hibernate once one of the two reaches 1 TByte. This can
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be changed to use the sum of the both bytes received and sent by setting
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the AccountingRule option to "sum" (total bandwidth in/out). When the
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number of bytes remaining gets low, Tor will stop accepting new connections
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@@ -2305,7 +2309,12 @@ is non-zero):
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enabling hibernation is preferable to setting a low bandwidth, since
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it provides users with a collection of fast servers that are up some
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of the time, which is more useful than a set of slow servers that are
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- always "available".
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+ always "available". +
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+ +
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+ Note that (as also described in the Bandwidth section) Tor uses
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+ powers of two, not powers of ten: 1 GByte is 1024*1024*1024, not
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+ one billion. Be careful: some internet service providers might count
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+ GBytes differently.
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[[AccountingRule]] **AccountingRule** **sum**|**max**|**in**|**out**::
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How we determine when our AccountingMax has been reached (when we
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