From 770433f19428defec874a5bfe92f646d3058e283 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:10:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] update the torrc.sample timestamp, and clarify socksport 0 --- src/config/torrc.sample.in | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/config/torrc.sample.in b/src/config/torrc.sample.in index f12843437f..a1a08aa8f9 100644 --- a/src/config/torrc.sample.in +++ b/src/config/torrc.sample.in @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ## Configuration file for a typical Tor user -## Last updated 8 February 2012 for Tor 0.2.3.12-alpha. +## Last updated 22 April 2012 for Tor 0.2.3.14-alpha. ## (may or may not work for much older or much newer versions of Tor.) ## ## Lines that begin with "## " try to explain what's going on. Lines @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ ## Tor will look for this file in various places based on your platform: ## https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#torrc - -## Replace this with "SocksPort 0" if you plan to run Tor only as a -## relay, and not make any local application connections yourself. +## Tor opens a socks proxy on port 9050 by default -- even if you don't +## configure one below. Set "SocksPort 0" if you plan to run Tor only +## as a relay, and not make any local application connections yourself. #SocksPort 9050 # Default: Bind to localhost:9050 for local connections. #SocksPort 192.168.0.1:9100 # Bind to this adddress:port too.