[tor-bugs] #6948 [Tor bundles/installation]: Shared memory for zygote mind meld

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#6948: Shared memory for zygote mind meld
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 Reporter:  ioerror                   |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
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 As I mentioned in #6937, I think we could really use a shared memory mutex
 as some kind meeting point for various Tor specific applications. This
 likely would be created by Tor or by a zygote that launches things like
 Tor and the Tor Browser. In theory, we could then have the launcher
 application and ensure we don't launch extra copies of Tor, we could
 ensure that we know _how_ we may connect as well as how to authenticate;
 lots of stuff becomes possible with a little IPC love.

 I have a sketch of the zygote/launcher process but I need to take it from
 my notepad to text, so I'm merely capturing this part of the process in
 this ticket. More tickets to come.

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