[tor-dev] TOR socket for P2P in Python

[Martin Neuenhofen]

Sorry to bother again.
An equally good solution to replacing

*client_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,
socket.SOCK_STREAM)client_socket.connect(ip,port)*
with a TOR solution could be via a command line interface:
os.system("torsocketprogram -send 123.45.67.89 9000 filename.bytes") and
os.system("torsocketprogram -recv 123.45.67.89 9000 filename.bytes").

Am Do., 11. Aug. 2022 um 11:27 Uhr schrieb Martin Neuenhofen <
martinneuenhofen at googlemail.com>:

> Dear Tor Developers,
>
> in my application, a client connects to a server via:
>
> *client_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,
> socket.SOCK_STREAM)client_socket.connect(ip,port)*
>
> I want to replace these two lines to create a client_socket whose IP
> address cannot be seen by the server. The application is e-polling.
>
> I looked into
>
>    - torpy (too many timeouts),
>    - socks (requires too much external configuration),
>    - and I have tor installed (unknown how to use from within python).
>
> I just need a replacement for the two-liner code above.
>
> *The ideal solution:* is device & OS agnostic, portable, uses no
> peripherals or configuration (i.e., just one pip package to install), and
> works reliably.
> Thus, the below torpy solution would have been ideal if it had worked
> reliably:
>
> *from torpy import TorClient # pip install torpy*
> *class Torsocket:*
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
> *    def __init__(self,ip,port):        self.mgr1    = TorClient()
> self.tor     = type(self.mgr1).__enter__(self.mgr1)        self.mgr2    =
> self.tor.create_circuit(3)        self.circuit =
> type(self.mgr2).__enter__(self.mgr2)        self.mgr3    =
> self.circuit.create_stream((ip,port))        self.socket  =
> type(self.mgr3).__enter__(self.mgr3)    def send(self,data):
> self.socket.send(data)    def recv(self,size):        return
> self.socket.recv(size)    def __del__(self):        for bla in
> [self.mgr3,self.mgr2,self.mgr1]: type(bla).__exit__(bla, None, None, None)*
>
> It replaces the two-liner from the beginning with the below one-liner
> *client_socket = Torsocket(*server_data.server_address)*
>
> My questions/requests:
> - Is torpy connected to the real tor network (or is it a little toy twin)?
> If it is the real tor network then I will close this issue and open another
> one.
> - Are practical solutions available to my problem already?, and which of
> them works best for user-friendliness?
> - Can a pip package for a torsocket be made, as described above? i.e.,
> something like torpy, but connecting to the real network?
> - Can I offer anything so that the ideal solution would be crafted and
> packaged?*
>
> *) If it helps, I could tell a lot about my project and how I believe it
> is significant and will be for the greater good of people. It is a fully
> implemented 1000LOC LSAG+WOT decentral P2P e-polling program with GUI that
> shall return trust and sovereignty into the people's hands. The only
> missing bit is a reliable tor connection.
>
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