NAME

       vanguards - Additional protections for Tor onion services

SYNOPSIS

       vanguards  [-h]  [--state STATE_FILE] [--generate_config WRITE_FILE] [--loglevel LOGLEVEL]
       [--logfile  LOGFILE]  [--config  CONFIG_FILE]  [--control_ip  CONTROL_IP]  [--control_port
       CONTROL_PORT]     [--control_socket    CONTROL_SOCKET]    [--control_pass    CONTROL_PASS]
       [--disable_bandguards] [--disable_rendguard] [--enable_cbtverify]

DESCRIPTION

       Connect to a Tor process via its control port to manage additional protections  for  onion
       services.

       -h, --help
              show help message and exit

       --state STATE_FILE
              File to store vanguard state

       --generate_config WRITE_FILE
              Write config to a file after applying command args

       --loglevel LOGLEVEL
              Log verbosity (DEBUG, INFO, NOTICE, WARN, or ERROR)

       --logfile LOGFILE
              Log to LOGFILE instead of stdout

       --config CONFIG_FILE
              Location of config file with more advanced settings

       --control_ip CONTROL_IP
              The IP address of the Tor Control Port to connect to (default: 127.0.0.1)

       --control_port CONTROL_PORT
              The Tor Control Port to connect to (default: 9051)

       --control_socket CONTROL_SOCKET
              The Tor Control Socket path to connect to

       --control_pass CONTROL_PASS
              The Tor Control Port password (optional)

       --retry_limit RETRY_LIMIT
              Reconnect attempt limit on failure (default: Infinite)

       --one_shot_vanguards
              Set and write layer2 and layer3 guards to torrc and exit.

       --disable_vanguards
              Disable setting any layer2 and layer3 guards.

       --disable_bandguards
              Disable circuit side channel checks (may help performance)

       --disable_rendguard
              Disable rendezvous misuse checks (may help performance)

       --enable_cbtverify
              Enable Circuit Build Time monitoring

SEE ALSO

       tor(1)

       https://github.com/mikeperry-tor/vanguards/blob/master/README.md