torrc Clientonly

[Jonathan D. Proulx]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 09:20:44AM -0500, Arrakistor wrote:
:Fabian,
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:I'm familiar with the man page. That didn't answer my question at all.

entry, middleman, and exit are all server functions, if you aren't
running a server you will not be acting in any of those capacities.

-Jon

:
:Regards,
: Arrakistor
:
:Monday, September 11, 2006, 5:39:30 AM, you wrote:
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:> Arrakistor <arrakistor at gmail.com> wrote:
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:>> I would like some clarification regarding the "Clientonly" setting.
:>> Does this explicitly mean you do not participate in any circuits, or
:>> that you are not running as an entrance/exit node but may still run
:>> mitm.
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:> Perhaps it means what the man page says it means:
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:> |ClientOnly 0|1
:> | If set to 1, Tor will under no circumstances run  as  a  server.
:> | The  default  is to run as a client unless ORPort is configured.
:> | (Usually, you don't need to set this; Tor  is  pretty  smart  at
:> | figuring  out whether you are reliable and high-bandwidth enough
:> | to be a useful server.)  (Default: 0)
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:> Fabian
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