[tor-bugs] #18856 [Core Tor/Stem]: Talk with tor's ORPort

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#18856: Talk with tor's ORPort
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 Reporter:  atagar         |          Owner:  atagar
     Type:  enhancement    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Low            |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Stem  |        Version:
 Severity:  Minor          |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  descriptor     |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                 |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:5 atagar]:
 > Sorry, I might be missing something. Quick look seems to indicate
 Trunnel is some C parser thing?
 >
 > http://www.wangafu.net/~nickm/trunnel-manual.html
 >
 > How is this related to this?

 Trunnel takes a binary format definition, and produces C code that
 generates and parses that definition.

 Tor comes with a set of trunnel definitions for some of its binary
 formats, and is migrating to trunnel for the rest.

 > And are you advocating for stem to distribute native code? If so that
 would be a big wrinkle for distribution.

 No, we could teach trunnel to produce python code that generates and
 parses binary format definitions, then use the tor trunnel definitions to
 generate them.

 > Is the argument that the ORPort protocol is so tricky only native code
 can talk with it? If so then this ticket indeed might be moot.

 No, I'm sure you can do it in python. It's just bit and byte manipulation.

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