On 12/20/18 09:25, Toralf Förster wrote: > On 12/20/18 3:13 PM, Matt Traudt wrote: >> "ORPort auto" means let Tor pick. It picks at random (technically, I >> think it lets the kernel pick and the kernel picks at random, but the >> outcome is the same). > > Understood. > But b/c this: > > sed -e "s/^ORPort.*/ORPort $((RANDOM))/g" /etc/tor/torrc > > is IMO more easier I do wonder about the use case for ":auto"? >
When you're controlling Tor with something like stem and you need **a** port, not a **specific** port. Especially if you want to be guaranteed that you will get a port (what if something is listening on $RANDOM already?). For example, Simple Bandwidth Scanner launches Tor for itself and tells it 'SocksPort auto'. It's conceivable someone wants to control a relay with a script in a similar manner. Matt _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
