HOWTO SETUP A LITECOIN SUPERNODE
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This document is for sysadmins.  You probably don't want to be a supernode if you don't understand this.
You want at least 10mbit upload bandwidth.

1. http://download1.rpmfusion.org/~warren/litecoin-0.8.6.1/
Download the latest version.  Verify the GPG signature.

2. https://litecoin.info/Bootstrap.dat
Sync faster with bootstrap.dat.

3. Edit litecoin.conf

# Run as background daemon
daemon=1
# Disable Wallet - if you are running only a relay without a wallet, this saves between 40 and 200MB RAM
disablewallet=1
# MaxConnections - if you have plenty of RAM and bandwidth, you can increase this number well above the default of 125
maxconnections=500

4. The following Linux iptables rules limits the number of connections to
   TCP port 9333 per IP address and per /24 subnet.  This protects against
   a connection exhaustion DoS attack.  If you have lots of RAM and bandwidth
   you can increase these limits.

# Allow eight connections per IPv4 /24 subnet
-A INPUT -p tcp --syn --dport 9333 -m connlimit --connlimit-above 8 --connlimit-mask 24 -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
# Allow two connection per IPv4 address
-A INPUT -p tcp --syn --dport 9333 -m connlimit --connlimit-above 2 -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
# Allow TCP connection if not rejected by the previous limit
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 9333 -j ACCEPT

5. https://litecoin.org/downloads/SUPERNODES.txt
Edit your litecoin.conf to link to an existing supernode. Link just one.  No need for redundant links.

6. Use "getpeerinfo" to check your peers for other 0.8.6.1+ nodes.

7. https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/qos/tc.sh
Modify this script if you want to limit upstream bandwidth on Linux.
Change the LIMIT to whatever you want and s/8333/9333/

8. Test incoming TCP port 9333 connections.

9. E-mail supernode@lurkmore.com when you are ready.  Provide the IP address or domain name
that you want to be listed.