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+layout: forum
+title: 'Re: Feature Request: Limiting Connections'
+grand_parent: Forum Posts
+parent: Bitcoin Forum
+nav_order: 161
+date: 2010-07-02 22:20:20 UTC
+original: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=223.msg1929#msg1929
+---
+
+# Re: Feature Request: Limiting Connections
+
+---
+
+```
+Re: Feature Request: Limiting Connections
+July 02, 2010, 10:20:20 PM	
+
+I reduced max outbound connections from 15 to 8 in RC4.
+
+15 was way more than we needed for redundancy.  8 is still plenty of redundancy.
+
+As the nodes upgrade to this version, this will cut in half the number of connections that inbound accepting nodes get.
+
+If anyone wants more than 8 connections, they can open port 8333 on their firewall.
+```