[tor-bugs] #21284 [Core Tor/Tor]: Add torrc option for non-anonymous SocksPort

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#21284: Add torrc option for non-anonymous SocksPort
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 Reporter:  teor                            |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                     |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Very Low                        |      Milestone:  Tor: very
                                            |  long term
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                    |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                          |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-hs, single-onion, wontfix?  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                  |         Points:  1
 Reviewer:                                  |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by alecmuffett):

 In terms of use cases, the goal is to simplify OnionBalance adoption to
 drive scale; anyone who is running Single Hop Circuits is unlikely to care
 about remaining anonymous, so it seems odd to ban them from SOCKS merely
 to drive the point home?

 It turns into administrative burden: if I am choosing to use Onions for
 greater integrity and disintermediation/NAT-punching, that the software
 inhibits me from accessing (say) Debian updates over Tor (unless I launch
 another daemon to overcome this handicap) seems bizarre.

 Surely it took more code to deny everyone this feature, than it would take
 to enable it?

     -a

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