[tor-bugs] #3077 [Vidalia]: Vidalia needs to obtain SocksPort and ControlPort from tor (was: Vidalia needs to parse tor logs for SocksPort and ControlPort)

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#3077: Vidalia needs to obtain SocksPort and ControlPort from tor
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 Reporter:  mikeperry  |          Owner:  chiiph
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:        
Component:  Vidalia    |        Version:        
 Keywords:             |         Parent:  #2264 
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:        
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Description changed by mikeperry:

Old description:

> In order to ship Tor Browser Bundles that do not conflict with
> distribution-installed tor clients and tor relays, we must give TBB the
> ability to automatically choose a new SOCKS port and Control port if the
> default ports are in use. (See #2264).
>
> The current plan is to create torrc options to cause Tor to automatically
> listen on a random free port for the socksport and the control port, and
> to communicate these choices to vidalia through log lines that are easily
> parsable (see #3076). Vidalia would then set an environment variable to
> inform Tor Browser (and thus Torbutton) which SOCKS port to use (#2843).

New description:

 In order to ship Tor Browser Bundles that do not conflict with
 distribution-installed tor clients and tor relays, we must give TBB the
 ability to automatically choose a new SOCKS port and Control port if the
 default ports are in use. (See #2264).

 The current plan is to create torrc options to cause Tor to automatically
 listen on a random free port for the socksport and the control port, and
 to communicate these choices to vidalia through log lines or temporary
 files that are easily parsable (see #3076). Vidalia would then set an
 environment variable to inform Tor Browser (and thus Torbutton) which
 SOCKS port to use (#2843).

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