On 06.04.2012 20:31, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 04:01:59PM -0000, BigTor wrote: >>> I have two internet apps that I want to run the same time, both using tor >>> socks proxy. I do not want the data streams of the apps routing thorugh >>> the same circuit. Is it safe two run two tor processes, with different >>> proxy ports? >> >> If you configure and use it right, I think it's safe. Remember to change >> the SocksPort option in torrc and to let tor use different pidfiles. > > Actually, you can do it with a single Tor and multiple SocksPort lines, > if you're using Tor 0.2.3.x. See this piece of 0.2.3.3-alpha's changelog: > > o Major features (stream isolation): > - You can now configure Tor so that streams from different > applications are isolated on different circuits, to prevent an > attacker who sees your streams as they leave an exit node from > linking your sessions to one another. To do this, choose some way > to distinguish the applications: have them connect to different > SocksPorts, or have one of them use SOCKS4 while the other uses > SOCKS5, or have them pass different authentication strings to the > SOCKS proxy. Then, use the new SocksPort syntax to configure the > degree of isolation you need. This implements Proposal 171. > - There's a new syntax for specifying multiple client ports (such as > SOCKSPort, TransPort, DNSPort, NATDPort): you can now just declare > multiple *Port entries with full addr:port syntax on each. > The old *ListenAddress format is still supported, but you can't > mix it with the new *Port syntax. > > You can read more details in the SOCKSPort entry of the 0.2.3 Tor manual. > > The advantage to using one Tor with multiple SocksPort lines is that > you don't load down the Tor network with duplicate directory fetches. > > --Roger >
Can you provide the examle of such torrc-configuration? _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
