Why are Tor packages useful?
Matt Pagan

Matt Pagan commited on 2014-05-30 05:40:44
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     with abuse issues.</a></li>
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     <li><a href="#BestOSForRelay">Why doesn't my Windows (or other OS) Tor
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     relay run well?</a></li>
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+    <li><a href="#PackagedTor">Should I install Tor from my package manager, 
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+    or build from source?</a></li>
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     <li><a href="#WhatIsTheBadExitFlag">What is the BadExit flag?</a></li>
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     <li><a href="#IGotTheBadExitFlagWhyDidThatHappen">I got the BadExit flag.
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     Why did that happen?</a></li>
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+    <a id="PackagedTor"></a>
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+    <h3><a class="anchor" href="#PackagedTor">Should I install Tor from my 
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+    package manager, or build from source?</a></h3>
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+    <p>
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+    If you're using Debian or Ubuntu especially, there are a number of benefits 
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+    to installing Tor from the <a 
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+    href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en">Tor Project's 
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+    repository</a>. 
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+    </p>
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+    <ul>
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+      <li>
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+      You're ulimit -n gets set to 32768, high enough for Tor to keep open all 
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+      the connections it needs. 
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+      </li>
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+      <li>
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+      A user profile is created just for Tor, so Tor doesn't need to run as 
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+      root.
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+      </li>
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+      <li>
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+      An init script is included so that Tor runs at boot.
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+      </li>
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+      <li>
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+      Tor runs with --verify-config, so that most problems with your 
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+      config file get caught. 
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+      </li>
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+      <li>
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+      Tor can bind to low level ports, then drop privileges.
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+    </ul>
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+    <hr>
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     <a id="WhatIsTheBadExitFlag"></a>
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     <h3><a class="anchor" href="#WhatIsTheBadExitFlag">What is the
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     BadExit flag?</a></h3>
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