[tor-bugs] #3644 [Tor Client]: Config option to tell Tor whether it can use the network

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#3644: Config option to tell Tor whether it can use the network
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 Reporter:  arma         |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  minor        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Client   |        Version:                    
 Keywords:               |         Parent:                    
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 Replying to [comment:3 nickm]:
 > Is it specified what should happen to existing non-control connections
 if DisableNetwork is changed from 0 to 1?

 The only use case for setting DisableNetwork when there are existing
 connections is Orbot, which will set it when it believes its network is
 off (so Tor will quit trying to do stuff that drains the battery).

 So I'd say the right behavior is to treat it as a hint that all of those
 connections are broken and you don't know it yet. I.e., close them.

 It's possible that once we deploy it we'll realize that what we actually
 wanted to do was stop touching the connections but not explicitly close
 them, in case the tcp flows still work when the network comes back. But if
 we turn out to want that, we can call it a new feature request then.

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