[or-cvs] make registering your nickname its own section
arma at seul.org
arma at seul.org
Wed Aug 17 07:13:28 UTC 2005
Update of /home2/or/cvsroot/tor/doc
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make registering your nickname its own section
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--- tor-doc-server.html 17 Aug 2005 07:03:40 -0000 1.3
+++ tor-doc-server.html 17 Aug 2005 07:13:26 -0000 1.4
@@ -163,18 +163,30 @@
you informed of its progress.</p>
<p>When it decides that it's reachable, it will upload a "server
-descriptor" to the directories. This will let other clients know
+descriptor" to the directories. This will let clients know
what address, ports, keys, etc your server is using. You can <a
href="http://belegost.seul.org/">load the directory manually</a> and
look through it to find the nickname you configured, to make sure it's
there. You may need to wait a few seconds to give enough time for it to
make a fresh directory.</p>
-<li>Once you are convinced it's working, <b>Register your server.</b>
+<hr />
+<a id="three"></a>
+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#three">Step Three: Register your nickname</a></h2>
+<br />
+
+<p>
+Once you are convinced it's working, you should register your server.
+This reserves your nickname so nobody else can take it, and lets us
+contact you if you need to upgrade or something goes wrong.
+</p>
+
+<p>
Send mail to <a
href="mailto:tor-ops at freehaven.net">tor-ops at freehaven.net</a> with a
subject of '[New Server] <your server's nickname>' and
include the following information in the message:
+</p>
<ul>
<li>Your server's nickname</li>
<li>The fingerprint for your server's key (the contents of the
@@ -186,17 +198,14 @@
<li>Who you are, so we know whom to contact if a problem arises</li>
<li>What kind of connectivity the new server will have</li>
</ul>
-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>
<hr />
-<a id="three"></a>
-<h2><a class="anchor" href="#three">Step Three: Once it's working</a></h2>
+<a id="four"></a>
+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#four">Step Four: Once it's working</a></h2>
<br />
<p>
-Optionally, we recommend the following steps as well:
+We recommend the following steps as well:
</p>
<p>
@@ -239,7 +248,8 @@
web, and this change will let them reach your Tor server. Win32
servers can simply change their ORPort and DirPort directly
in their torrc and restart Tor. OS X or Unix servers can't bind
-directly to these ports, so they will need to set up some sort of <a
+directly to these ports (since they don't run as root), so they will
+need to set up some sort of <a
href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ServerForFirewalledClients">
port forwarding</a> so connections can reach their Tor server. If you are
using ports 80 and 443 already but still want to help out, other useful
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