On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 02:59:01AM -0400, Sambuddho Chakravarty wrote: > Thanks for you help. However , is there no way that I can cause tor > client to reload a new set of entry guard nodes ? I have tried both > NEWNYM and HUP signals through *nc* to communicate to tor controller . > However , in both cases only a small set of (infact 3) entry guards are > selected.
Yes, that's a feature. Otherwise you'll open yourself up to a variety of attacks: https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#EntryGuards If you want to turn off that defense, set "UseEntryGuards 0" in your torrc. Or you can delete them from your $datadir/state file while Tor is off, but that's probably more likely to cause problems. > Also , in continuation to my previous email , where can I download the > torctl python libraries from ? You can get it from SVN: https://svn.torproject.org/svn/torctl/trunk/python/ > Do I need the library or I can just make > do by sending text command to the tor controller to play around and test > with ? Playing around and testing with telnet or nc is a fine start. You only need the torctl library if you find that playing around by hand is insufficient for your needs. --Roger
