From 5d7fab947787db42963eb52809e31008d7a6b0e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Palfrader Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:25:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document unit of bandwidth related options in sample torrc. --- changes/bug5621 | 3 +++ src/config/torrc.bridge.in | 2 ++ src/config/torrc.sample.in | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+) create mode 100644 changes/bug5621 diff --git a/changes/bug5621 b/changes/bug5621 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1ffc6042c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug5621 @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Minor enhancement: + - Document unit of bandwidth related options in sample torrc. + Fixes bug 5621. diff --git a/src/config/torrc.bridge.in b/src/config/torrc.bridge.in index 927c7bbba2..b7b7e050ba 100644 --- a/src/config/torrc.bridge.in +++ b/src/config/torrc.bridge.in @@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ Nickname Unnamed ## Define these to limit how much relayed traffic you will allow. Your ## own traffic is still unthrottled. Note that RelayBandwidthRate must ## be at least 20 KB. +## Note that units for these config options are bytes per second, not bits +## per second, and that prefixes are binary prefixes, i.e. 2^10, 2^20, etc. #RelayBandwidthRate 100 KB # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps) #RelayBandwidthBurst 200 KB # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps) RelayBandwidthBurst 10485760 diff --git a/src/config/torrc.sample.in b/src/config/torrc.sample.in index 17e3f0b2a4..258c125460 100644 --- a/src/config/torrc.sample.in +++ b/src/config/torrc.sample.in @@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ SocksListenAddress 127.0.0.1 # accept connections only from localhost ## Define these to limit how much relayed traffic you will allow. Your ## own traffic is still unthrottled. Note that RelayBandwidthRate must ## be at least 20 KB. +## Note that units for these config options are bytes per second, not bits +## per second, and that prefixes are binary prefixes, i.e. 2^10, 2^20, etc. #RelayBandwidthRate 100 KB # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps) #RelayBandwidthBurst 200 KB # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps)