Re: [tor-dev] How to distribute Tor with other software

2014-11-20 Thread David Stainton
Greetings, olde thread resurrection: Earlier Meejah pointed out that the tor control port can be used to create tor hidden services. Now that tor trac ticket #11291 (https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/11291) is resolved this will actually be usable? There are deployment issues

Re: [tor-dev] How to distribute Tor with other software

2014-05-27 Thread grarpamp
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Micah Lee wrote: > I just wrote a little program called OnionShare, that makes it simple to > share a file securely using a password-protected Tor hidden service: > https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare Seeing the examples on that page, why you're not simply mak

Re: [tor-dev] How to distribute Tor with other software

2014-05-21 Thread Micah Lee
Thanks, this is really helpful. On 05/20/14 21:10, meejah wrote: > Micah Lee writes: > >> When you run onionshare.py, it modifies /etc/tor/torrc and reloads the >> Tor config, and when it's done it restores the original torrc and >> reloads again. > > You could use one of the controller librari

Re: [tor-dev] How to distribute Tor with other software

2014-05-21 Thread David Stainton
> You could use one of the controller libraries (stem if you want > synchronous, txtorcon if async/Twisted) to do this; they don't have to > modify the torrc directly, just manipulate configuration via GETCONF and > SETCONF. For Tails, this probably won't work unless you're root until > #11291 is f

Re: [tor-dev] How to distribute Tor with other software

2014-05-20 Thread meejah
Micah Lee writes: > When you run onionshare.py, it modifies /etc/tor/torrc and reloads the > Tor config, and when it's done it restores the original torrc and > reloads again. You could use one of the controller libraries (stem if you want synchronous, txtorcon if async/Twisted) to do this; they

[tor-dev] How to distribute Tor with other software

2014-05-20 Thread Micah Lee
I just wrote a little program called OnionShare, that makes it simple to share a file securely using a password-protected Tor hidden service: https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare Right now it only runs in Tails. I'd like to make a versin that runs in OSX and Windows, too. How can I make softwar