Re: [tor-talk] Orbot control port

[arrase <arrase@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the tip.

2016-11-14 10:32 GMT+01:00 Roger Dingledine <arma@xxxxxxx>:

> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 08:05:06PM +0100, arrase wrote:
> > Orbot control port is randomized every run, is there a way to know the
> port
> > by other app? I would like to write an app who manages his own hidden
> > service.
>
> Check out the ControlPortWriteToFile torrc option. You can instruct
> Tor to write out what control port it picked, to a file, and then your
> other program can read the file and find out how to connect.
>
> We built it for the case where there's an external app that launches
> Tor, and it wants to let Tor pick its ports, but it still wants to be
> able to connect.
>
> But it should work fine for totally separate apps too.
>
> Be sure to notice the ControlPortFileGroupReadable option too if that
> matters to you.
>
> In the glorious future, maybe Tor packages will default to using
> an abstract unix ControlSocket:
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20337
> and then they wouldn't be tempted to using ControlPorts at all.
>
> --Roger
>
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