On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 07:16:26PM -0400, Jesse V wrote:
Well, this certainly triggered more conversation than I was expecting. I was simply wondering if there was such a method call, and apparently there isn't. That's okay.
I thought about this and decided to go with Yawning's suggestion to just use ADD_ONION and then record the returned RSA private key. It's easy enough to add that same key back into Tor whenever I want. There are several main advantages with this route, including isolating my software's data from Tor's and requiring fewer modifications to torrc.
How does ADD_ONION help with tor vs app data isolation? Why do you have to modify any torrc at all? Can't you do everything through the control port? I suppose there are many options not available via control port.