[tor-bugs] #3374 [Torouter]: Torouter OS and configuration

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#3374: Torouter OS and configuration
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 Reporter:  runa      |          Owner:  runa
     Type:  task      |         Status:  new 
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:      
Component:  Torouter  |        Version:      
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Comment(by ioerror):

 Replying to [comment:55 rransom]:
 > We ''will'' need to ship a NAT-punching tool in the Torouter after all
 -- home Internet modems with built-in NAT functionality are far more
 common than I thought.  But I still think shipping 0.2.3.x is not going to
 be a good idea for the next few months, so we should consider splitting
 `tor-fw-helper` out of the Tor source tree and shipping it as a completely
 separate package.
 >

 This is possible and this is what I meant when I suggested back-porting
 tor-fw-helper itself on irc. Perhaps this was confusing because tor-fw-
 helper also has the hooks inside of Tor that launch it? If we just back-
 port the tool itself, it's really quite standalone, I think.

 > We may need to have a script (other than Tor) automatically select a
 good port for the Tor bridge, in case the user is running something else
 (e.g. Skype) that grabs port 443.  I think that also argues for using
 `tor-fw-helper` separately from Tor, even with 0.2.3.x.

 Arma describes this as 'the real ORPort auto' - that is - something that
 randomly chooses a port, tests if it's open, launches tor-fw-helper,
 confirms that everything is working and so on.

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