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