[tor-bugs] #8891 [Tor]: Get HS descriptors through control port

Fri May 17 00:30:48 UTC 2013

#8891: Get HS descriptors through control port
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 Reporter:  asn            |          Owner:                    
     Type:  task           |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal         |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
Component:  Tor            |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-client hs  |         Parent:                    
   Points:                 |   Actualpoints:                    
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 I'm interested in writing a program that given an onion address, it
 displays information about the Hidden Service. For example, the current
 introduction points, the long-term public key, the current responsible
 HSDirs, whether it uses a descriptor cookie, etc.
 It will be both helpful for debugging HSes and for understanding how they
 work.

 One of the first steps for the creation of such a program is having a nice
 way of exposing the HS descriptors using the control port. A command like
 `GETINFO dir/rendezvous/<onion>` could do the trick.

 Do you find this useful? Would you merge it into mainline Tor?

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