[tor-bugs] #6609 [Tor Client]: Proposal to add tor-connect utility to tor-core distribution

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#6609: Proposal to add tor-connect utility to tor-core distribution
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 Reporter:  tri          |          Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:     
Component:  Tor Client   |        Version:     
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Comment(by tri):

 From: Robert Ransom <rransom.8774 at gmail.com>

 * Please open a Trac ticket.  Your code might be useful, but it'll get
 lost in the flood on tor-assistants if you don't post it to Trac.

 * There are already several programs which perform this task,
 including =E2=80=98socat=E2=80=99, at least some of the several (all
 subtly
 incompatible) programs called =E2=80=98nc=E2=80=99 (usually packaged as
 =E2=
 =80=98netcat=E2=80=99), and
 a program known variously as =E2=80=98proxy-connect=E2=80=99,
 =E2=80=98conn=
 ect-proxy=E2=80=99, or
 =E2=80=98connect=E2=80=99.

 * Tools of this form are only suitable for use with programs which
 support using an external program as a =E2=80=98proxy=E2=80=99.  OpenSSH
 su=
 pports
 this, as does PuTTY (but that has seemingly good SOCKS support
 built-in anyway), but most of the programs that people want to point
 at Tor do not support using external commands as proxies.

 * On every operating system on which using an external command as a
 proxy is likely to work (i.e. Linux and MacOS), the copy of Tor
 packaged in TBB is configured to choose a random SOCKS server port
 every time it runs.  There is no good way to communicate Tor's current
 SocksPort to any program run separately from the bundle.


 Robert Ransom

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