[tor-bugs] #2264 [Tor bundles/installation]: Dynamically choose available Tor ports in Tor Browser Bundle

Tue Apr 12 05:05:37 UTC 2011

#2264: Dynamically choose available Tor ports in Tor Browser Bundle
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 Reporter:  Sebastian                 |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
 Keywords:                            |         Parent:  #2880
   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:       
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Comment(by arma):

 Tor could dynamically choose one, e.g. 'socksport auto'. It would poke
 around until it finds something it can bind.

 Same with controlport, I guess.

 The trick then would be: how do we tell the caller which port we picked?
 Can't use the controlport, clearly. Parsing logs on stdout is an option,
 but kind of klunky.

 And then the question becomes: who does that parsing? Vidalia comes to
 mind, since it will want to know the answer anyway in order to tell
 Firefox (and thus Torbutton) when it launches them, and in order to
 display them in the GUI.

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