[tor-bugs] #3644 [Tor Client]: Config option to tell Tor whether it can use the network

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Tue Jul 26 16:03:19 UTC 2011


#3644: Config option to tell Tor whether it can use the network
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 Reporter:  arma         |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  minor        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Client   |        Version:                    
 Keywords:               |         Parent:                    
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                    
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 Motivation 1: Tails wants to start Tor at boot, but have it not touch the
 network until the user has decided (e.g. via Vidalia) whether to use
 bridges.

 Motivation 2: Tor-on-Android drains its battery when Tor tries to make
 circuits over and over. Sometimes there is no network, and Tor continues
 to try to make circuits. Orbot is able to learn whether there is a
 network, so it could tell Tor whether to avoid draining its battery.

 We should add a config option so controllers can tell Tor when the network
 is gone/present, and Tor should stop doing network stuff in the 'gone'
 state. Another way of looking at this is an "airplane mode" for Tor.

 I'm putting as an 0.2.3 milestone so I don't have to put it in
 'unspecified'. I hope somebody will step up and volunteer it; but it can
 slip if not.

 See also #2355 and #2905 for related (albeit confusing) tickets.

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