commit feb40572ec394664569e28176542bf13fb9de226
Author: David Fifield <da...@bamsoftware.com>
Date: Fri Apr 25 20:35:37 2014 -0700
Update comment that claimed we listen on a fixed port.
That used to be the case but no longer. Noticed by gk in
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/11183#comment:20.
---
firefox/components/main.js | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/firefox/components/main.js b/firefox/components/main.js
index 2890b37..3db395c 100644
--- a/firefox/components/main.js
+++ b/firefox/components/main.js
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
// This is an extension that allows external programs to make HTTP requests
// using the browser's networking libraries.
//
-// The extension opens a TCP socket listening on localhost (port 7000). When it
-// receives a connection, it reads a 4-byte big-endian length field, then tries
-// to read that many bytes of data. The data is UTF-8âencoded JSON, having
the
-// format
+// The extension opens a TCP socket listening on localhost on an ephemeral
port.
+// It writes the port number in a recognizable format to stdout so that a
parent
+// process can read it and connect. When the extension receives a connection,
it
+// reads a 4-byte big-endian length field, then tries to read that many bytes
of
+// data. The data is UTF-8âencoded JSON, having the format
// {
// "method": "POST",
// "url": "https://www.google.com/";,
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