[Pkg-privacy-commits] [onionshare] 37/66: Choose ports in range 17600-17650, so Tails can whitelist them (#220)

[Ulrike Uhlig]

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commit 3ed1f964cb5b66fa9af5df229c37323ef1e3aa46
Author: Micah Lee <micah at micahflee.com>
Date:   Sat Feb 27 18:03:42 2016 +0100

    Choose ports in range 17600-17650, so Tails can whitelist them (#220)
---
 onionshare/onionshare.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/onionshare/onionshare.py b/onionshare/onionshare.py
index fa882fd..34e64b0 100644
--- a/onionshare/onionshare.py
+++ b/onionshare/onionshare.py
@@ -51,11 +51,16 @@ class OnionShare(object):
 
     def choose_port(self):
         """
-        Pick an un-used port to bind to.
+        Pick an un-used port in the range 17600-17650 to bind to.
         """
         # let the OS choose a port
         tmpsock = socket.socket()
-        tmpsock.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
+        for port in range(17600, 17650):
+            try:
+                tmpsock.bind(("127.0.0.1", port))
+                break
+            except OSError:
+                pass
         self.port = tmpsock.getsockname()[1]
         tmpsock.close()
 

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