[guardian-dev] Orbot hidden services

[Michael Rogers]

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On 23/04/13 02:32, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
> Michael Rogers <michael at briarproject.org> wrote:
> 
>> Is it possible for another app to ask Orbot to create a hidden 
>> service,
> 
> Yes
> 
>> and to start and stop a previously created hidden service?
> 
> No.
> 
> Want to help me design the intent/service API for this?

That would be great! What I'm looking for is pretty basic:

(1) Create a hidden service. Inputs: local port number. Outputs: onion
URL, random cookie to be used in later calls.

(2) Pause a hidden service (ie, tell Orbot that the app providing the
service is closing the local port, perhaps because it's shutting
down). Inputs: cookie.

(3) Resume a hidden service (ie, tell Orbot that the app providing the
service has reopened the local port, perhaps because it's restarted).
Inputs: cookie, new local port number.

(4) Destroy a hidden service (ie, permanently remove it). Inputs: cookie.

The cookie is used to prove that a call comes from the same app that
originally created the service.

I guess it would be useful if Orbot could automatically connect to Tor
when the first hidden service was created/resumed, and disconnect when
the last hidden service was paused/destroyed (in the absence of any
explicit connect/disconnect instructions from the user, of course).

But everything except (1) is non-essential. So how can I create a
hidden service with the current version?

Thanks,
Michael

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