28/02/14 13:56, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> +TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD='passwd' >>>> >>>> Why do we set this? >>> >>> Iceweasel (as "amnesia") does not have access to the authentication >>> cookie, and shouldn't. If Torbutton cannot read the authentication cookie, >>> it refuses to talk to the control port, even when substituted with this >>> filter. So I need to tell it what the cookie is using TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD, >>> and it will now talk to the filter trying to authenticate with this value >>> instead. The filter accepts all authentication regardless of value, as >>> noted in the code. >> >> Ah, I see. Could you please add a code comment at the place where >> `TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD` is set, explaining this non-obvious (at least to me >> :)) assignment? > > Done, same branch (winterfairy:bugfix/torbutton-new-identity).
Excellent! It's now merged. Thanks again for you contribution! Cheers! _______________________________________________ tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
