[tor-commits] r26797: {website} Why are Tor packages useful? (website/trunk/docs/en)
Matt Pagan
matt at pagan.io
Fri May 30 03:40:44 UTC 2014
Author: mttp
Date: 2014-05-30 03:40:44 +0000 (Fri, 30 May 2014)
New Revision: 26797
Modified:
website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml
Log:
Why are Tor packages useful?
Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml
===================================================================
--- website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml 2014-05-27 15:32:02 UTC (rev 26796)
+++ website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml 2014-05-30 03:40:44 UTC (rev 26797)
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@
with abuse issues.</a></li>
<li><a href="#BestOSForRelay">Why doesn't my Windows (or other OS) Tor
relay run well?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#PackagedTor">Should I install Tor from my package manager,
+ or build from source?</a></li>
<li><a href="#WhatIsTheBadExitFlag">What is the BadExit flag?</a></li>
<li><a href="#IGotTheBadExitFlagWhyDidThatHappen">I got the BadExit flag.
Why did that happen?</a></li>
@@ -2596,6 +2598,38 @@
<hr>
+ <a id="PackagedTor"></a>
+ <h3><a class="anchor" href="#PackagedTor">Should I install Tor from my
+ package manager, or build from source?</a></h3>
+ <p>
+ If you're using Debian or Ubuntu especially, there are a number of benefits
+ to installing Tor from the <a
+ href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en">Tor Project's
+ repository</a>.
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ You're ulimit -n gets set to 32768, high enough for Tor to keep open all
+ the connections it needs.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ A user profile is created just for Tor, so Tor doesn't need to run as
+ root.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ An init script is included so that Tor runs at boot.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Tor runs with --verify-config, so that most problems with your
+ config file get caught.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Tor can bind to low level ports, then drop privileges.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <hr>
+
<a id="WhatIsTheBadExitFlag"></a>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="#WhatIsTheBadExitFlag">What is the
BadExit flag?</a></h3>
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