From 36aa674a3ebcdad074123d7ca7c414dc0da4fa60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MustangGB <mustang@miswave.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 21:35:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve reliability of CookieAuth use with hexdump

---
 torproxy.sh | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/torproxy.sh b/torproxy.sh
index d7f6ccd..836a81a 100755
--- a/torproxy.sh
+++ b/torproxy.sh
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ hidden_service() { local port="$1" host="$2" file=/etc/tor/torrc
 #   N/A)
 # Return: New circuits for tor connections
 newnym() { local file=/etc/tor/run/control.authcookie
-    echo -e 'AUTHENTICATE "'"$(cat $file)"'"\nSIGNAL NEWNYM\nQUIT' |
+    echo -e 'AUTHENTICATE '"$(hexdump -e '32/1 "%02x""\n"' $file)"'\nSIGNAL NEWNYM\nQUIT' |
                 nc 127.0.0.1 9051
-    if ps -ef | egrep -v 'grep|torproxy.sh' | grep -q tor; then exit 0; fi
 }
 
 ### password: setup a hashed password
@@ -156,4 +155,4 @@ else
         cat /srv/tor/hidden_service/hostname; echo; }
     /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/config
     exec /usr/bin/tor
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi