[Twisted-Python] tor hidden service endpoint parser returns a deferred

David Stainton dstainton415 at gmail.com
Sat May 3 00:20:36 UTC 2014


Ah yeah... twisted endpoints that support udp...
Perhaps when Yawning Angel finishes Lightweight Obfuscated Datagram
Protocol (LODP) there will be interesting things we can do with
this... and a more immediate perceived need for twisted datagram
endpoint interfaces.


On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Glyph Lefkowitz <glyph at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:
> On May 2, 2014, at 1:02 PM, meejah <meejah at meejah.ca> wrote:
>
> Another point for this is that "someday" tor will have UDP support...
>
>
> There's a reason that the existing interfaces all have "stream" in their
> names :-).
>
> The main reason we didn't do "datagram" at the same time is that there's a
> pretty clear client/server division in all stream endpoints (one side has to
> initiate, the other side has to respond) but given the possibilities for
> multicast / fan-out / fan-in with datagram sockets, "just do what UDP does"
> didn't seem obviously correct.
>
> I'd love it if someone with an interest would make some datagram endpoint
> interfaces though.
>
> -glyph
>



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