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[tor-bugs] #12940 [Tor]: multiple simultaneous tor identities
#12940: multiple simultaneous tor identities
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Reporter: brainchild | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: Tor | Version:
Keywords: | Actual Points:
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In many cases, a Tor user might want to use multiple simultaneous Tor
identities, possibly with separate configuration parameters, such as the
country of the exit node. The identity used to route a particular
outgoing packet might depend on, for example, the particular web site
visited or the client process initiating the packet. Processing of these
rules need not be handling by Tor. Rather, the user might configure rules
through the browser or through invocation the torsocks script. The role
of Tor need be nothing more than processing SOCKS requests on multiple
ports, each one corresponding to a distinct configuration. In principle,
this functionality can be achieved by invoking multiple instances of the
Tor process. However, this arrangement is often difficult to configure.
On the Tor distribution for Ubuntu, for instance, it may require making
multiple copies of the configuration file and the init script configured
to use distinct log dirs, cookie files, and so on. A far more elegant
solution would be to configure a single instance of the Tor process to use
multiple sets of configuration parameters corresponding to separate SOCKS
ports. In order for this solution to be possible, however, a feature
enhancement would need to be introduced to the codebase.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/12940>
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