Technical Notes

For phase two, the canonical version of Tor is going to be the upcoming 0.1.1.x release. This is the version that will be used for judging the competition; please ensure that you use this version. Bugfixes to this version of Tor will be announced on the Tor download page. Let us know if you find bugs!

You may find the Tor controller specification or the Tor controller howto helpful.

The Tor developers will also release test rigs (libraries) in both Java and Python that demonstrate Tor's controller protocol. Code submissions may be able to save a lot of time by using this code as a skeleton. You can check out the development versions of these libraries now. Let us know if you find bugs!