Hello all
I am running tor-0.2.1.15-rc ; source downloaded from the tor website
. For my purpose I am tapping into the function
circuituse.c:circuit_has_opened() to determine which relays are being
used in a stream (assuming only one stream is using Tor). However the IP
address of the relays I see here don't match the list of relays for the
stream when I determine them using
'get_info stream-status'. Which one should I rely upon to determine
which circuit is being used ? Common sense tells me to rely on 'get_info
stream_status'. However , I see the client crash at times when I connect
to the control port .
Thanks
Sambuddho
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 02:59:01AM -0400, Sambuddho Chakravarty wrote:
Thanks for you help. However , is there no way that I can cause tor
client to reload a new set of entry guard nodes ? I have tried both
NEWNYM and HUP signals through *nc* to communicate to tor controller .
However , in both cases only a small set of (infact 3) entry guards are
selected.
Yes, that's a feature. Otherwise you'll open yourself up to a variety
of attacks:
https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#EntryGuards
If you want to turn off that defense, set "UseEntryGuards 0" in your
torrc.
Or you can delete them from your $datadir/state file while Tor is off,
but that's probably more likely to cause problems.
Also , in continuation to my previous email , where can I download the
torctl python libraries from ?
You can get it from SVN:
https://svn.torproject.org/svn/torctl/trunk/python/
Do I need the library or I can just make
do by sending text command to the tor controller to play around and test
with ?
Playing around and testing with telnet or nc is a fine start. You only
need the torctl library if you find that playing around by hand is
insufficient for your needs.
--Roger
