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

Roger Dingledine arma at mit.edu
Wed Apr 10 07:12:14 UTC 2013


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 09:09:44AM +0200, Dennis Ljungmark wrote:
> You should be able to use normal ulimit style settings,   Limiting open
> files count (a socket is an open file).

Yes, you can do this, but it will degrade your relay (and hurt the
network) because it will unpredictably hang up on requests.

--Roger



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