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title: 'Re: Feature Request: Limiting Connections'
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parent: Bitcoin Forum
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date: 2010-07-02 22:20:20 UTC
original: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=223.msg1929#msg1929
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# Re: Feature Request: Limiting Connections

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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.
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