Author: atagar Date: 2011-03-27 02:58:34 +0000 (Sun, 27 Mar 2011) New Revision: 24454

Modified: arm/trunk/README Log: Suggesting authentication and giving steps for it in the readme (idea by Sebastian)

Modified: arm/trunk/README =================================================================== --- arm/trunk/README 2011-03-27 01:51:48 UTC (rev 24453) +++ arm/trunk/README 2011-03-27 02:58:34 UTC (rev 24454) @@ -25,6 +25,22 @@ ... starting Tor with '--controlport <PORT>' ... or including 'ControlPort <PORT>' in your torrc

+It's also highly suggested for the control port to require authentication. +This can be done either with a cookie or password: + * Cookie Authentication - Controllers authenticate to Tor by providing the + contents of the control_auth_cookie file. To set this up... + - add "CookieAuthentication 1" to your torrc + - either restart Tor or run "pkill -sighup tor" + - this method of authentication is automatically handled by arm, so you + can still start arm as you normally would + + * Password Authentication - Attaching to the control port requires a + password. To set this up... + - run "tor --hash-password <your password>" + - add "HashedControlPassword <hashed password>" to your torrc + - either restart Tor or run "pkill -sighup tor" + - when starting up arm will prompt you for this password + For full functionality this also needs: - To be ran with the same user as tor to avoid permission issues with connection resolution and reading the torrc.