[Whonix-devel] #14272 [Applications/Tor Launcher]: Make Tor Launcher work with Unix Domain Socket option

Wed Aug 24 21:45:35 CEST 2016

#14272: Make Tor Launcher work with Unix Domain Socket option
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  brade
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Launcher            |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-security, TorBrowserTeam201608R  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #14270                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  SponsorU
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Changes (by mcs):

 * keywords:  tbb-security, TorBrowserTeam201608 => tbb-security,
     TorBrowserTeam201608R
 * status:  assigned => needs_review
 * severity:   => Normal

Comment:

 Switching to a Unix domain socket for the control port turns out to mostly
 be a matter of configuration plus creation of a different kind of socket
 transport. Here is a patch for review:
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/brade/tor-
 launcher.git/commit/?h=bug14272-01&id=fe86a337bac123466433a5d7dff19333b5907daf

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