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step nine: raise your ulimit -n

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<p>
9. If you control the name servers for your domain, consider setting
9. (Unix only.) Your operating system probably limits the number of open
file descriptors per process to 1024 (or even less). If you plan to be
running a fast exit node, this is probably not enough. You should run
"ulimit -n 8192" (as root) and then su to the user that will run Tor,
or change your defaults (on Debian, add a line like "toruser hard nofile
8192" to your /etc/security/limits.conf file).
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<p>
10. If you control the name servers for your domain, consider setting
your hostname to 'anonymous' or 'proxy' or 'tor-proxy', so when other
people see the address in their web logs, they will more quickly
understand what's going on.
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10. If your computer isn't running a webserver, please consider
11. If your computer isn't running a webserver, please consider
changing your ORPort to 443 and your DirPort to 80. Many Tor
users are stuck behind firewalls that only let them browse the
web, and this change will let them reach your Tor server. Win32