[tor-relays] How to limit number of sockets used?

[Dennis Ljungmark]

You should be able to use normal ulimit style settings,   Limiting open
files count (a socket is an open file).


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Roger Dingledine <arma at mit.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 10:19:38PM -0400, Steve Snyder wrote:
> > I am running Tor v0.2.3.25 in a VPS that limits me to a max of 4096
> > sockets in use.  How can I instruct Tor not to attempt to use more
> > than this number?
> >
> > Yes, I know about ConstrainedSockets/ConstrainedSockSize, but the
> > way I read these it limits the amount of memory used, not the socket
> > count.
> >
> > Advice, please?  Thanks.
>
> I believe there is no such feature currently.
>
> How should it work? That is, which connections should it refuse?
>
> Currently we assume that all relays are able to reach all other relays.
> Otherwise we get into the situation where the network isn't a clique,
> and anonymity analysis from path selection gets complex really quickly
> ("I saw the connection from that relay, so the hop before that couldn't
> have been this other relay because there's no link, therefore ...")
>
> --Roger
>
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