Re: [tor-dev] Using Tor as a library

2013-04-01 Thread wac
Hi Fabio: >I'd suggest for the "output" to produce a set of patches against Tor >(development version), including modifications to: >- build system >- documentation (man pages) >- unit-tests >everything following the coding guidelines of Tor with the goal/hope to >be integrated. I have not deve

Re: [tor-dev] Using Tor as a library

2013-03-29 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
On 3/29/13 4:50 AM, wac wrote: > > I tell you what. I don't have intentions to change Tor. I basically want to > do this for me. But since I notice now it could be useful to the community > and the community could be providing feedback I can make it public under the > same license. So this is wh

Re: [tor-dev] Using Tor as a library

2013-03-28 Thread wac
Hi Fabio Pietrosanti: Thanks, I appreciate your help. I will be working on this. I actually was considering to maybe provide it to the community so people could pinpoint bugs and contribute patches. I will be studying onionbrowser. But seems they are running Tor as a thread inside the browser

Re: [tor-dev] Using Tor as a library

2013-03-28 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
On 3/28/13 12:10 PM, Christopher Schmidt wrote: > "Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)" > writes: >> That's the future of Tor, to be integrated as a library just like an >> encryption library into application. > No, it's not. Embedding a Tor client in another application cripples > auditability, configurab

Re: [tor-dev] Using Tor as a library

2013-03-28 Thread Nathan Freitas
Christopher Schmidt wrote: >"Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)" > writes: >> That's the future of Tor, to be integrated as a library just like an >> encryption library into application. > >No, it's not. Embedding a Tor client in another application cripples >auditability, configurability, updateability

Re: [tor-dev] Using Tor as a library

2013-03-28 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 28.03.2013 12:10, Christopher Schmidt wrote: > "Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)" > writes: >> That's the future of Tor, to be integrated as a library just like an >> encryption library into application. > No, it's not. Embedding a Tor client in another application cripples > auditability, configurab

Re: [tor-dev] Using Tor as a library

2013-03-28 Thread Christopher Schmidt
"Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)" writes: > That's the future of Tor, to be integrated as a library just like an > encryption library into application. No, it's not. Embedding a Tor client in another application cripples auditability, configurability, updateability etc. of Tor. So does embedding a co

Re: [tor-dev] Using Tor as a library

2013-03-28 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
On 3/28/13 8:32 AM, wac wrote: > Hi Folks: > > I am looking to use Tor as a library for my program. I managed to build it > from the sources including the required libraries. But now I am looking for > hints on how to replace the SOCKS 4/5 or the transparent proxy with direct > calls from my app

[tor-dev] Using Tor as a library

2013-03-28 Thread wac
Hi Folks: I am looking to use Tor as a library for my program. I managed to build it from the sources including the required libraries. But now I am looking for hints on how to replace the SOCKS 4/5 or the transparent proxy with direct calls from my application to link them. I'm hoping somebod