change explanation of registering your server

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Roger Dingledine 2005-06-11 04:29:26 +00:00
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@ -288,8 +288,9 @@ initscripts or startup scripts. If it logs any warnings, address them. (By
default Tor logs to stdout, but some packages log to <tt>/var/log/tor/</tt>
instead. You can edit your torrc to configure log locations.)
<li>4. <b>Register your server.</b> Send mail to <a
href="mailto:tor-ops@freehaven.net">tor-ops@freehaven.net</a> with the
following information:
href="mailto:tor-ops@freehaven.net">tor-ops@freehaven.net</a> with your
server's nickname in the subject line and include the
following information in the message:
<ul>
<li>Your server's nickname.</li>
<li>The fingerprint for your server's key (the contents of the
@ -300,11 +301,8 @@ and</li>
<li>What kind of connectivity the new server will have.</li>
</ul>
If possible, sign your mail using PGP.<br />
Registering your server improves the anonymity of the network quite a bit.
If you don't register your server default users will only use you for the
middle hop of their circuits.
If you are running a registered middleman server, clients will be willing to
choose your node as an entry node as well as a middleman.
Registering your server reserves your nickname so nobody else can take it,
and lets us contact you if you need to upgrade or something goes wrong.
<li>5. Subscribe to the <a href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/">or-announce</a>
mailing list. It is very low volume, and it will keep you informed
of new stable releases. You might also consider subscribing to <a