[tor-bugs] #12940 [Tor]: multiple simultaneous tor identities

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#12940: multiple simultaneous tor identities
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 Reporter:  brainchild   |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  minor        |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor          |        Version:
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 In many cases, a Tor user might want to use multiple simultaneous Tor
 identities, possibly with separate configuration parameters, such as the
 country of the exit node.  The identity used to route a particular
 outgoing packet might depend on, for example, the particular web site
 visited or the client process initiating the packet.  Processing of these
 rules need not be handling by Tor.  Rather, the user might configure rules
 through the browser or through invocation the torsocks script.  The role
 of Tor need be nothing more than processing SOCKS requests on multiple
 ports, each one corresponding to a distinct configuration.  In principle,
 this functionality can be achieved by invoking multiple instances of the
 Tor process.  However, this arrangement is often difficult to configure.
 On the Tor distribution for Ubuntu, for instance, it may require making
 multiple copies of the configuration file and the init script configured
 to use distinct log dirs, cookie files, and so on.  A far more elegant
 solution would be to configure a single instance of the Tor process to use
 multiple sets of configuration parameters  corresponding to separate SOCKS
 ports.  In order for this solution to be possible, however, a feature
 enhancement would need to be introduced to the codebase.

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