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[tor-bugs] #15660 [- Select a component]: [feature suggestion] Need signal to totally switch to the new set of circuits
#15660: [feature suggestion] Need signal to totally switch to the new set of
circuits
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Reporter: yurivict271 | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: - Select a component | Version:
Keywords: | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
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Currently there is the control command
{{{
SIGNAL NEWNYM
}}}
which according to specification "switches to clean circuits, so new
application requests don't share any circuits with old ones." It however
doesn't affect the old connections, which still go through the old set of
circuits.
There is the legitimate need to completely switch to the new set of
circuits, with termination of all old connections.
I am suggesting to add the parameter to NEWNYM signal. It can be a string
parameter, to keep it general and explicit. Syntax that will work like
NEWNYM but will also terminate old connection could look like this:
{{{
SIGNAL NEWNYM TERMINATE
}}}
The old syntax will assume this parameter to be empty, and will work like
before.
On the user level, wherever they see the button "New Identity", they will
either have another button next to it "New Identity (force-close old
connections)", or the yes/no choice "force-close old connections" next to
the original button.
My motivation: I had this question before myself, and now I saw somebody
else asking it on tor-talk@: "Why my exit node doesn't change when I press
'New Identity' button?"
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/15660>
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