[tor-bugs] #6611 [Vidalia]: Forward configurable local ports to endpoints via tor

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#6611: Forward configurable local ports to endpoints via tor
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 Reporter:  tri          |          Owner:  chiiph
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:        
Component:  Vidalia      |        Version:        
 Keywords:               |         Parent:        
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 In a discussion around #6609 I got an idea about a feature, that might be
 quite nice for Vidalia / TBB.

 In Vidalia setup there could be another tab Local Relays that would look
 something like the following:

 || Local Port || Target || Port || Enabled ||
 || 30143 || sdfkdassfk.onion || 143 || x ||
 || 12345 || secret.host.com || 80 || ||
 || 25 || mailhjhfgui.onion || 25 || x ||

 and so on.

 The enabled services would open a local listener in the machine TBB is
 running and incoming connections would be transparently relayed via tor
 either to normal hosts or to hidden services.

 This would enable seamless use of hidden services with software that
 doesn't support any kind of proxy connections.

 Something similar can be implemented using tor-connect (proposed in #6609)
 with inetd or OSX Launch Agent, but implementing this to Vidalia GUI would
 be a positively cool thing.

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