Thanks for the tip. 2016-11-14 10:32 GMT+01:00 Roger Dingledine <a...@mit.edu>:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 08:05:06PM +0100, arrase wrote: > > Orbot control port is randomized every run, is there a way to know the > port > > by other app? I would like to write an app who manages his own hidden > > service. > > Check out the ControlPortWriteToFile torrc option. You can instruct > Tor to write out what control port it picked, to a file, and then your > other program can read the file and find out how to connect. > > We built it for the case where there's an external app that launches > Tor, and it wants to let Tor pick its ports, but it still wants to be > able to connect. > > But it should work fine for totally separate apps too. > > Be sure to notice the ControlPortFileGroupReadable option too if that > matters to you. > > In the glorious future, maybe Tor packages will default to using > an abstract unix ControlSocket: > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20337 > and then they wouldn't be tempted to using ControlPorts at all. > > --Roger > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
