[tor-bugs] #15099 [Orbot]: Hidden/onion service port forwarding

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#15099: Hidden/onion service port forwarding
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 Reporter:  federico3    |          Owner:  n8fr8
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:
Component:  Orbot        |        Version:
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 Orbot should be able to forward local ports to an onion service.

 Once the user configures <onion-address>:<port|portrange> on Orbot, any
 non-tor-capable application can connect to localhost:<port> and the
 connection will be forwarded to the (remote) onion service.

 Rationale:
  - an onion service is used to provide a set of services on different
 ports (e.g. from a FreedomBox, an ownCloud instance)
  - the phone is not rooted
  - many applications do not support Tor, or socks proxies, or the
 configuration is more cumbersome for the average user than just connecting
 to localhost:<port>

 Service authentication could be supported.
 Maybe this feature could be instead implemented externally from Orbot with
 a small, dedicated add.

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