[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:     
 Keywords:               |         Parent:     
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:     
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Comment(by rransom):

 Replying to [comment:2 tri]:

 > * 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.
 >
 >    I know. That's why I'd put the command into the bundle and pass the
 >    port information using the same'ish mechanism used when passing
 >    the information to the browser.  The port number anyways appears
 >    semi-magically in the browser configuration.

 Tor communicates its SocksPort to Vidalia using the Tor control-port
 protocol (how ''that'' gets set up is rather ugly).  Vidalia then provides
 the SOCKS proxy port to TBB-Firefox by setting an environment variable.
 This technique cannot work for any process that is not started by Vidalia.

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