mymirai-nikki/tor

How mymirai-nikki/tor works

Tor is privacy software that routes users’ connections through a volunteer relay network, obscuring the link between their addresses and destinations. A client accepts proxy traffic, obtains network-directory information, selects relays, and builds circuits; relays forward traffic, while onion-service code supports private services. Configuration and the event loop provide an internal runtime layer, and the Control interface exposes management and events. The tree and README establish the product; edges are limited to relationships visible in the README or sampled source index, so unsampled integrations are not inferred.

Main entry points: circuitbuild.c Circuit building · routerlist.c Router descriptors · dirclient.c Directory downloads · main.c Tor startup

Components 23

Runtime and config

Configuration src/app/config/config.c
Tor startup src/app/main/main.c
Event loop src/core/mainloop/mainloop.c
Connection handling src/core/mainloop/connection.c

Client access

Proxy protocols src/feature/client/proxymode.c
Client streams src/core/or/connection_edge.c
Entry selection src/feature/client/entrynodes.c

Network directory

Directory downloads src/feature/dirclient/dirclient.c
Directory service src/feature/dircache/dirserv.c
Descriptor parsing src/feature/dirparse/routerparse.c
Router descriptors src/feature/nodelist/routerlist.c
Network consensus src/feature/nodelist/networkstatus.c
Relay selection data src/feature/nodelist/nodelist.c

Circuits and relays

Circuit building src/core/or/circuitbuild.c
Circuit state src/core/or/circuitlist.c
Relay channels src/core/or/channel.c
Relay forwarding src/core/or/relay.c
Congestion control src/core/or/congestion_control_common.c

Onion services and control

Onion-service client src/feature/hs/hs_client.c
Onion-service host src/feature/hs/hs_service.c
Control interface src/feature/control/control.c
Control events src/feature/control/control_events.c

Other components

Internet user

Connections 21

Internet user → Proxy protocols: opens proxy
Tor startup → Configuration: loads options src/app/main/main.c
Tor startup → Event loop: starts loop src/app/main/main.c
Tor startup → Connection handling: manages connections src/app/main/main.c
Proxy protocols → Client streams: accepts streams
Client streams → Circuit building: attaches streams src/core/or/connection_edge.c
Directory downloads → Router descriptors: uses router data src/feature/dirclient/dirclient.c
Descriptor parsing → Router descriptors: adds descriptors src/feature/dirparse/routerparse.c
Router descriptors → Directory downloads: requests downloads src/feature/nodelist/routerlist.c
Router descriptors → Directory service: shares directory service src/feature/nodelist/routerlist.c
Onion-service client → Directory downloads: fetches descriptors src/feature/hs/hs_client.c
Onion-service client → Circuit building: builds service circuits src/feature/hs/hs_client.c
Onion-service host → Directory downloads: publishes descriptors src/feature/hs/hs_service.c
Onion-service host → Circuit building: builds service circuits src/feature/hs/hs_service.c
Circuit building → Circuit state: tracks circuits
Circuit building → Relay channels: uses channels
Relay forwarding → Relay channels: forwards cells
Control interface → Control events: emits events
Network consensus → Relay selection data: updates relay data
Circuit building → Congestion control: applies congestion control
Entry selection → Circuit building: selects entry

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