From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:49:18 +0000 (-0400) Subject: devblog X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/10.20250416-2+rpi1~1^2~283^2~35 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=35116c5d044177f82d4aef1f795a0ef9e78ec707;p=git-annex.git devblog --- diff --git a/doc/devblog/day_425__tor.mdwn b/doc/devblog/day_425__tor.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..08fe21cdd5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/devblog/day_425__tor.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Have waited too long for some next-generation encrypted P2P network, like +telehash to emerge. Time to stop waiting; tor hidden services are not as +cutting edge, but should work. Updated the [[design|design/assistant/telehash]] +and started implementation in the `tor` branch. + +Unfortunately, Tor's default configuration does not enable the ControlPort. +And, changing that in the configuration could be problimatic. This +makes it harder than it ought to be to register a tor hidden service. +So, I implemented a `git annex enable-tor` command, which can be run as root +to set it up. The webapp will probably use `su-to-root` or `gksu` to run it. +There's some Linux-specific parts in there, and it uses a socket for +communication between tor and the hidden service, which may cause problems +for Windows porting later. + +Next step will be to get `git annex remotedaemon` to run as a tor hidden +service. + +Also made a `no-xmpp` branch which removes xmpp support from the assistant. +That will remove 3000 lines of code when it's merged. Will probably wait +until after tor hidden services are working. + +Today's work was sponsored by Jake Vosloo on +[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/joeyh/).