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Ipslore · Jan 27th, 2006, 8:19 AM

Hey there,

I'm currently working a perl IRC bot. At the moment it just connects to a specified IRC server. But I would like to make a step forward, and make it connect through tor. How would I do that? I'm guessing I just have to connect to tor (I don't know how to do that yet), but what request should the bot send?

Ipslore

swestres · Jan 29th, 2006, 11:18 AM

Well... I know Tor uses the SOCKS protocol, and I guess (guessing is good) that it uses v5, but I'm not certain. Anyway, more info about the SOCKS protocol in the RFC (where else

). RFC1928 to be exact. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1928.txt

EDIT:
I had a look at CPAN, and they have a module that I think will fit you needs: IO:

ocket:

ocks. It makes the job so much easier. Check it out: http://search.cpan.org/~reatmon/IO-S...ocket/Socks.pm

Ipslore · Jan 31st, 2006, 8:52 AM

Thanks!

I'll take a look at that and read it through ASAP.

By the way, I think it's Socks4.. I'll check that, though.

swestres · Feb 3rd, 2006, 1:56 PM

Yeah, so it seems. socks4a to be precise, never heard of it. It could complicate things a lot. It seems that it supports socks5 too. More info on http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ

Quote:

So, how do you make your application pass the hostname directly to Tor? You can't use SOCKS 4, since SOCKS 4 proxies require an IP from the client (a web browser is an example of a SOCKS client). Even though SOCKS 5 can accept either an IP or a hostname, most applications supporting SOCKS 5 try to resolve the name before passing it to the SOCKS proxy. SOCKS 4a, however, always accepts a hostname: You'll need to use SOCKS 4a.

It looks as if you might have to write a module in XS since there's no support for that protocol in perl. Might have to use socat. I've never really cared about that, but it looks intresting suddently

Jan 27th, 2006, 8:19 AM	#1
Ipslore Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Perl IRC bot - connecting through tor? Hey there, I'm currently working a perl IRC bot. At the moment it just connects to a specified IRC server. But I would like to make a step forward, and make it connect through tor. How would I do that? I'm guessing I just have to connect to tor (I don't know how to do that yet), but what request should the bot send? Ipslore

Jan 29th, 2006, 11:18 AM	#2
swestres Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Well... I know Tor uses the SOCKS protocol, and I guess (guessing is good) that it uses v5, but I'm not certain. Anyway, more info about the SOCKS protocol in the RFC (where else ). RFC1928 to be exact. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1928.txt EDIT: I had a look at CPAN, and they have a module that I think will fit you needs: IO:ocket:ocks. It makes the job so much easier. Check it out: http://search.cpan.org/~reatmon/IO-S...ocket/Socks.pm __________________ Here comes the SWAT team, and the M-16, shoot the walls in, destroy the building. Wolverine was sad and it made him mad, every single cop got a bullet in the head. Last edited by swestres; Jan 29th, 2006 at 11:21 AM. Reason: Checked CPAN

Jan 31st, 2006, 8:52 AM	#3
Ipslore Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Thanks! I'll take a look at that and read it through ASAP. By the way, I think it's Socks4.. I'll check that, though. Last edited by Ipslore; Jan 31st, 2006 at 8:52 AM. Reason: Typo.

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