updates

.gitignore

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __pycache__/
 
 *~
 *.junk
+*.bak
 *.dst
 
 # C extensions

Makefile

@@ -1,25 +1,48 @@
 PREFIX=/usr/local
+PYTHON_EXE_MSYS=${PREFIX}/bin/python3.sh
+PIP_EXE_MSYS=${PREFIX}/bin/pip3.sh
+PYTHON_MINOR=`python3 --version 2>&1 | sed -e 's@^.* @@' -e 's@\.[0-9]*$$@@'`
 LOCAL_DOCTEST=${PREFIX}/bin/toxcore_run_doctest3.bash
 DOCTEST=${LOCAL_DOCTEST}
 MOD=exclude_badExits
 
+all:: README.md exclude_badExits.hlp
+
+exclude_badExits.hlp:: src/exclude_badExits/__main__.py
+	PYTHONPATH=${PWD}/src \
+	${PYTHON_EXE_MSYS} -m exclude_badExits --help > exclude_badExits.hlp
+
+README.md:: src/exclude_badExits/__main__.py
+	PYTHONPATH=${PWD}/src \
+	${PYTHON_EXE_MSYS} -c 'from exclude_badExits.__main__ import __doc__; print(__doc__)' \
+	> README.md
 
 check::
-	sh python3.sh -c "import ${MOD}"
+	sh ${PYTHON_EXE_MSYS} -c "import ${MOD}"
 
 lint::
 	sh .pylint.sh
 
 install::
-	pip3.sh install --target ${PREFIX}/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ --upgrade .
+	${PIP_EXE_MSYS} --python ${PYTHON_EXE_MSYS} install \
+		--no-deps \
+		--target ${PREFIX}/lib/python${PYTHON_MINOR}/site-packages/ \
+		--upgrade .
+	sed -i -e "1s@/usr/bin/python${PYTHON_MINOR}@${PYTHON_EXE_MSYS}@" \
+		${PREFIX}/lib/python${PYTHON_MINOR}/site-packages/bin/*
 
 rsync::
 	bash .rsync.sh
 
-test:: doctest
+test::
+	env PYTHONPATH=${PWD}/src ${PYTHON_EXE_MSYS} ${PWD}/src/${MOD}/exclude_badExits.py --help
+	env PYTHONPATH=${PWD}/src TOR_CONTROLLER_PASSWORD=${PASS} ${PYTHON_EXE_MSYS} src/${MOD}/torcontactinfo.py
+
 doctest::
-	export PYTHONPATH=${PWD}/src/${MOD}
+	env PYTHONPATH=${PWD}/src ${DOCTEST} ${MOD}.txt
-	${DOCTEST} ${MOD}.txt
+
+veryclean:: clean
+	rm -rf build dist src/exclude_badExits.egg-info/
 
 clean::
 	find * -name \*~ -delete

README.md

@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ Look in tor's notice.log for 'Every introduction point for service'
 ```notice_log``` will parse the notice log for warnings about relays and
 services that will then  be whitelisted.
 
+```--torrc``` will read a file like /etc/tor/torrc and make some
+suggestions based on what it finds; it will not edit or change the file.
+
 ```--torrc_output``` will write the torrc ExcludeNodes configuration to a file.
 
 ```--good_contacts``` will write the contact info as a ciiss dictionary
@@ -129,9 +132,6 @@ To be "good" the ContactInfo must:
 ```--wellknown_output``` will make the program write the well-known files
 (```/.well-known/tor-relay/rsa-fingerprint.txt```) to a directory.
 
-```--torrc_output``` will write a file of the commands that it sends to
-the Tor controller, so you can include it in a ```/etc/toc/torrc```.
-
 ```--relays_output write the download relays in json to a file. The relays
 are downloaded from https://onionoo.torproject.org/details
 

exclude_badExits.bash

@@ -6,12 +6,22 @@ SOCKS_PORT=9050
 SOCKS_HOST=127.0.0.1
 CAFILE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 # you may have a special python for installed packages
-EXE=`which python3.bash`
+EXE=`which python3.sh`
+MOD=exclude_badExits
+
+if [ ! -f exclude_badExits.hlp ] || \
+       [ exclude_badExits.hlp -nt src/exclude_badExits/exclude_badExits.py ] ; then
+    PYTHONPATH=$PWD/src \
+	$EXE src/${MOD}/exclude_badExits.py --help > exclude_badExits.hlp
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f  README.md ] || \
+       [ README.md -nt src/exclude_badExits/exclude_badExits.py ] ; then
+    PYTHONPATH=$PWD/src \
+	$EXE -c 'from exclude_badExits.exclude_badExits import __doc__; print(__doc__)' \
+	> README.md
+fi
 
-[ -f  exclude_badExits.hlp ] || \
-    $EXE exclude_badExits.py --help > exclude_badExits.hlp
-[ -f  README.md ] || \
-    $EXE -c 'from exclude_badExits import __doc__; print(__doc__)' > README.md
 # an example of running exclude_badExits with full debugging
 # expected to 20 minutes or so
 declare -a LARGS

exclude_badExits.txt

@@ -16,7 +16,26 @@ The basic idea is to exclude Exit nodes that do not have ContactInfo:
 That can be extended to relays that do not have an email in the contact,
 or to relays that do not have ContactInfo that is verified to include them.
 
-Pass the controller password if needed as an environment variable:
+You can see the status of tor relays at https://torstatus.rueckgr.at/
+The code for that site is at https://github.com/paulchen/torstatus
+You can get a list of exit relays that are marked bad with:
+wget --post-data='SR=FBadExit&SO=Asc&FBadExit=1' 'https://torstatus.rueckgr.at/'
+
+It is assumed that you are running a tor that has its torrc configured with:
+
+ControlPort 127.0.0.1:9051
+
+and/or
+
+ControlSocket /run/tor/control
+ControlSocketsGroupWritable 1
+
+and
+
+HashedControlPassword 16:B4155E403F37446360B30D0481C3BB03C083F0E3BB689883A3838E4692
+
+so that you have some security on the Control connection.
+Pass the controller password to these scripts as an environment variable:
 
     >>> import os
     >>> assert os.environ['TOR_CONTROLLER_PASSWORD']
@@ -64,3 +83,5 @@ This may take a while:
     >>> lArgs = ['--proxy_ctl', '9051']
     >>> exclude_badExits.iMain(lArgs)
 
+There is a doctest test document in exclude_badExits.txt
+

pyproject.toml

@@ -17,17 +17,15 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
     ]
-dynamic = ["version", "readme", ] # cannot be dynamic ['license']
+dynamic = ["version", "readme", "dependencies"] # cannot be dynamic ['license']
-scripts = { exclude_badExits = "exclude_badExits.exclude_badExits:iMain" }
+
-dependencies = [
+[project.scripts]
-    'qasync >= 0.27.1',
+exclude_badExits = "exclude_badExits.__main__:iMain"
-    'cryptography >= 41.0.7',
-    'rsa >= 4.9',
-    'stem >= 1.8.2']
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {attr = "exclude_badExits.__version__"} 
 readme = {file = ["README.md"]}
+dependencies = {file = ["requirements.txt"]}
 
 [project.license]
 file = "LICENSE.md"
@@ -40,8 +38,6 @@ requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 # Either or both of these don't work
-#[tool.setuptools]
+[tool.setuptools]
-#packages = ["exclude_badExits"]
+packages = ["exclude_badExits"]
 
-#[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-#include = ["src"]

setup.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+[metadata]
+classifiers =
+    License :: OSI Approved
+    Intended Audience :: Web Developers
+    Operating System :: POSIX :: BSD :: FreeBSD
+    Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
+    Framework :: AsyncIO
+description='Tox ctypes wrapping into Python'
+long_description='A program to exclude bad exits on the Tor network'
+url='https://git.plastiras.org/emdee/exclude_badExits/'
+keywords='rotten-onions tor'
+ 
+[options]
+zip_safe = false
+#python_requires = >=3.6
+include_package_data = 
+    "*" = ["*.txt"]
+package_dir=
+    =src
+packages = ["exclude_badExits"]
+
+
+[options.packages.find]
+where=src
+
+[options.entry_points]
+console_scripts =
+    exclude_badExits =  exclude_badExits.exclude_badExits:iMain
+
+[easy_install]
+zip_ok = false
+
+[flake8]
+jobs = 1
+max-line-length = 88
+ignore =
+    E111
+    E114
+    E128
+    E225
+    E261
+    E302
+    E305
+    E402
+    E501
+    E502
+    E541
+    E701
+    E702
+    E704
+    E722
+    E741
+    F508
+    F541
+    W503
+    W601

setup.py

@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# -*-mode: python; indent-tabs-mode: nil; py-indent-offset: 4; coding: utf-8 -*
-
-import re
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-with open("qasync/__init__.py") as f:
-    version = re.search(r'__version__\s+=\s+"(.*)"', f.read()).group(1)
-
-long_description = "\n\n".join([
-    open("README.md").read(),
-    ])
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    setup(
-        name="exclude_badExits",
-        version=__version__,
-        description="""A program to exclude bad exits on the Tor network""",
-        long_description=long_description,
-        author="Nusenu (originally)",
-        author_email='',
-        license="1clause BSD",
-        packages = find_packages(exclude=['test*']),
-        # url="",
-        # download_url="https://",
-        keywords=['exit nodes', 'Tor', 'tor onion controller'],
-        # maybe less - nothing fancy
-        python_requires="~=3.6",
-        # probably works on PyQt6 and PySide2 but untested
-        # https://github.com/CabbageDevelopment/qasync/
-        install_requires=['cryptography',
-                          'rsa',
-                          'stem',
-			  'urllib3',
-                          'yaml'],
-        entry_points={
-            'console_scripts': ['exclude_badExits = exclude_badExits.__main__:iMain', ]},
-        classifiers=[
-                     'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-                     'Environment :: Console',
-                     'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-                     'Natural Language :: English',
-                     'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-                     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-		     'Topic :: Security',
-		     'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
-                     ],
-                     )

src/exclude_badExits/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
+# -*- mode: python; indent-tabs-mode: nil; py-indent-offset: 4; coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 __version__ = "1.0.0"
+
+__all__ = [
+           'exclude_utils',
+           'torcontactinfo',
+           'trustor_poc']

src/exclude_badExits/__main__.py

@@ -193,25 +193,23 @@ try:
 except:
     ub_ctx = RR_TYPE_TXT = RR_CLASS_IN = None
 
-from support_onions import (bAreWeConnected, icheck_torrc, lIntroductionPoints,
+from toxygen_wrapper.tests.support_onions import (
+    bAreWeConnected, icheck_torrc, lIntroductionPoints,
     yKNOWN_NODNS, zResolveDomain)
 
-from trustor_poc import TrustorError, idns_validate
+from exclude_badExits.trustor_poc import TrustorError, idns_validate
-try:
+if False:
-    import xxxhttpx
+    import httpx
     import asyncio
-    from trustor_poc import oDownloadUrlHttpx
+    from exclude_badExits.trustor_poc import oDownloadUrlHttpx
-except:
+else:
     httpx = None
-    from trustor_poc import oDownloadUrlUrllib3Socks as oDownloadUrl
+    from exclude_badExits.trustor_poc import oDownloadUrlUrllib3Socks as oDownloadUrl
 
-try:
+from exclude_badExits.torcontactinfo import TorContactInfoParser
-    from torcontactinfo import TorContactInfoParser
-    oPARSER = TorContactInfoParser()
-except ImportError:
-    oPARSER = None
 
-from exclude_utils import (aCleanContact, sCleanEmail, aParseContact,
+from exclude_badExits.exclude_utils import (
+    aCleanContact, sCleanEmail, aParseContact,
     oStemController, oMainArgparser,
     vwrite_goodnodes, vwrite_badnodes, vwrite_good_contacts,
     vwritefinale, vsetup_logging )
@@ -220,6 +218,8 @@ warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
 global LOG
 LOG = logging.getLogger()
 
+oPARSER = TorContactInfoParser()
+
 aGOOD_CONTACTS_DB = {}
 aGOOD_CONTACTS_FPS = {}
 aBAD_CONTACTS_DB = {}
@@ -554,10 +554,10 @@ def aContactFps(oargs, a, fp, o, domain):
     if oargs.wellknown_output:
         sdir = os.path.join(oargs.wellknown_output, domain,
                             '.well-known', 'tor-relay')
+        sfile = os.path.join(sdir, "rsa-fingerprint.txt")
         try:
             if not os.path.isdir(sdir):
                 os.makedirs(sdir)
-            sfile = os.path.join(sdir, "rsa-fingerprint.txt")
             with open(sfile, 'wt') as oFd:
                 oFd.write(data)
         except Exception as e:
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ def bProcessContact(b, texclude_set, aBadContacts, iFakeContact=0):
 
     return True
 
+lNOT_IN_RELAYS_DB = []
 def bCheckFp(relay, sofar, lConds, texclude_set):
     global aGOOD_CONTACTS_DB
     global aGOOD_CONTACTS_FPS
@@ -852,7 +853,6 @@ def iMain(lArgs):
     iFakeContact = 0
     iTotalContacts = 0
     aBadContacts = {}
-    lNOT_IN_RELAYS_DB = []
     iR = 0
     relays = controller.get_server_descriptors()
     lqueue = []

src/exclude_badExits/exclude_utils.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import logging
 import warnings
 global LOG
 
-from support_onions import (oGetStemController,
+from toxygen_wrapper.tests.support_onions import (oGetStemController,
                                 vwait_for_controller,)
 
 try:
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ try:
     yaml.indent(mapping=2, sequence=2)
     safe_load = yaml.load
 except:
-    yaml = None
-if yaml is None:
     try:
         import yaml
         safe_load = yaml.safe_load
@@ -36,6 +34,15 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     coloredlogs = False
 
+lMORONS = ['hoster:Quintex Alliance Consulting ']
+oCONTACT_RE = re.compile(r'([^:]*)(\s+)(email|url|proof|ciissversion|abuse|gpg):')
+lINTS = ['ciissversion', 'uplinkbw', 'signingkeylifetime', 'memory']
+lBOOLS = ['dnssec', 'dnsqname', 'aesni', 'autoupdate', 'dnslocalrootzone',
+          'sandbox', 'offlinemasterkey']
+lEMAILS = ['abuse', 'email']
+
+ETC_DIR = '/usr/local/etc/tor/yaml'
+
 def aCleanContact(a, lAT_REPS, lDOT_REPS, lNO_EMAIL) -> dict:
     # cleanups
     for elt in lINTS:
@@ -78,15 +85,6 @@ def sCleanEmail(s, lAT_REPS, lDOT_REPS, lNO_EMAIL) -> str:
         s = s.replace(elt, '?')
     return s
 
-lMORONS = ['hoster:Quintex Alliance Consulting ']
-oCONTACT_RE = re.compile(r'([^:]*)(\s+)(email|url|proof|ciissversion|abuse|gpg):')
-lINTS = ['ciissversion', 'uplinkbw', 'signingkeylifetime', 'memory']
-lBOOLS = ['dnssec', 'dnsqname', 'aesni', 'autoupdate', 'dnslocalrootzone',
-          'sandbox', 'offlinemasterkey']
-lEMAILS = ['abuse', 'email']
-
-ETC_DIR = '/usr/local/etc/tor/yaml'
-
 def oStemController(oargs, sEXCLUDE_EXIT_GROUP):
     if os.path.exists(oargs.proxy_ctl):
         controller = oGetStemController(log_level=oargs.log_level,
@@ -224,51 +222,6 @@ def vwritefinale(oargs, lNOT_IN_RELAYS_DB) -> None:
     LOG.info(f"For info on relays, try: https://onionoo.torproject.org/details")
     # https://onionoo.torproject.org/details
 
-def alt_vsetup_logging(theLOG, log_level, logfile='', stream=sys.stderr) -> None:
-    global LOG
-    LOG = theLOG
-    add = True
-
-    logging._defaultFormatter = logging.Formatter(datefmt='%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
-    logging._defaultFormatter.default_time_format = '%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
-    logging._defaultFormatter.default_msec_format = ''
-
-    if logfile:
-        add = logfile.startswith('+')
-        sub = logfile.startswith('-')
-        if add or sub:
-            logfile = logfile[1:]
-        kwargs['filename'] = logfile
-
-    if coloredlogs:
-        coloredlogs.DEFAULT_LEVEL_STYLES['info']=dict(color='white',bold=True)
-        coloredlogs.DEFAULT_LEVEL_STYLES['debug']=dict(color='cyan')
-        coloredlogs.DEFAULT_LEVEL_STYLES['warn']=dict(color='yellow',bold=True)
-        coloredlogs.DEFAULT_LEVEL_STYLES['error']=dict(color='red',bold=True)
-        coloredlogs.DEFAULT_FIELD_STYLES['levelname=']=dict(color='green', bold=True),
-        # https://pypi.org/project/coloredlogs/
-        aKw = dict(level=log_level,
-                   logger=LOG,
-                   stream=stream,
-                   fmt='%(levelname)s %(message)s',
-                   isatty=True,
-                   milliseconds=False,
-                   )
-        coloredlogs.install(**aKw)
-        if logfile:
-            oHandler = logging.FileHandler(logfile)
-            LOG.addHandler(oHandler)
-        LOG.info(f"Setting coloured log_level to {log_level} {stream}")
-    else:
-        kwargs = dict(level=log_level,
-                    force=True,
-                    format='%(levelname)s %(message)s')
-        logging.basicConfig(**kwargs)
-        if add and logfile:
-            oHandler = logging.StreamHandler(stream)
-            LOG.addHandler(oHandler)
-        LOG.info(f"SSetting log_level to {log_level!s}")
-
 def vsetup_logging(theLOG, log_level, logfile='', stream=sys.stdout) -> None:
     global LOG
     LOG = theLOG
@@ -306,7 +259,6 @@ def vsetup_logging(theLOG, log_level, logfile='', stream=sys.stdout) -> None:
         kwargs = dict(level=log_level,
                     force=True,
                     format='%(levelname)s %(message)s')
-
         logging.basicConfig(**kwargs)
         if add and logfile:
             oHandler = logging.StreamHandler(stream)

src/exclude_badExits/support_onions.py.bak

@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@ import socket
 import sys
 import time
 
-if False:
-    import cepa as stem
-    from cepa.connection import MissingPassword
-    from cepa.control import Controller
-    from cepa.util.tor_tools import is_valid_fingerprint
-else:
 import stem
 from stem.connection import MissingPassword
 from stem.control import Controller

src/exclude_badExits/torcontactinfo.py

@@ -20,24 +20,24 @@ import os
 import re
 import sys
 import json
-import requests
-import textwrap
-try:
-    from rich import print as rprint
-    HAS_RICH = True
-except ImportError:
-    def rprint(value='', *args, **kwargs):
-        if value not in [None, False, True] and isinstance(value, (dict, list, set, tuple)):
-            value = json.dumps(value, indent=4)
-        return print(value, *args, **kwargs)
-    # rprint = print
-    HAS_RICH = False
-
 import logging
 import warnings
-warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
+import requests
+import textwrap
 
-from exclude_utils import vsetup_logging
+#    from rich import print as rprintxxx
+#    HAS_RICH = True
+if True:
+    def rprint(value='', *args, **kwargs):
+        if value not in [None, False, True] and \
+            isinstance(value, (dict, list, set, tuple)):
+            value = json.dumps(value, indent=4)
+        return LOG.debug(value, *args, **kwargs)
+    # rprint = print
+#    HAS_RICH = False
+
+warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
+LOG = logging.getLogger()
 
 class TorContactInfoParser(object):
     email_regex = "^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&’*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*$"
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ def cmd_scan(opts: argparse.Namespace, adata=None) -> int:
             if opts.pretty:
                 rprint(result)
             else:
-                print(result)
+                LOG.debug(result)
     return 0
 
 ETC_DIR = '/etc/tor/yaml'
@@ -518,6 +518,13 @@ def oparser():
         {sys.argv[0]} parse -np -j "Privex Inc. email:noc[]privex.io url:https://www.privex.io proof:uri-rsa pgp:288DD1632F6E8951 keybase:privexinc twitter:PrivexInc"
             {{"email": "noc@privex.io", "url": "https://www.privex.io", "proof": "uri-rsa", "pgp": null, "keybase": "privexinc", "twitter": "PrivexInc"}}
     """))
+    cparser.add_argument('--relays_output', type=str,
+                          dest='relays_output',
+                          default=os.path.join(ETC_DIR, 'relays.json'),
+                          help="Write the download relays in json to a file")
+    cparser.add_argument('-j', '--json', action='store_true',
+                          default=False, dest='json',
+                          help="Output real JSON, not Python dict format.")
     cparser.set_defaults(func=cmd_scan, json=False, pretty=False)
     subparse = cparser.add_subparsers()
     subparse.required = False
@@ -527,13 +534,6 @@ def oparser():
     sp_parse.add_argument('-np', '--no-pretty',
                           action='store_false', default=False, dest='pretty',
                           help="Disable pretty printing JSON")
-    sp_parse.add_argument('--relays_output', type=str,
-                          dest='relays_output',
-                          default=os.path.join(ETC_DIR, 'relays.json'),
-                          help="Write the download relays in json to a file")
-    sp_parse.add_argument('-j', '--json', action='store_true',
-                          default=False, dest='json',
-                          help="Output real JSON, not Python dict format.")
     sp_parse.set_defaults(func=cmd_parse)
 
     sp_scan = subparse.add_parser('scan', help="Parse all contacts from https://onionoo.torproject.org/details")
@@ -544,24 +544,28 @@ def oparser():
 
     return cparser
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+def iMain(lArgs=None):
-    if os.environ.get('DEBUG', ''):
-        log_level = 10
-    else:
-        log_level = 20
-    LOG = logging.getLogger()
-    vsetup_logging(LOG, log_level)
-    try:
     cparser = oparser()
-        opts = cparser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+    opts = cparser.parse_args(lArgs)
     data = None
     if opts.relays_output and os.path.exists(opts.relays_output):
         data = open(opts.relays_output, 'rt').read()
     i = cmd_scan(opts, data)
+    return i
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from exclude_utils import vsetup_logging
+    if os.environ.get('DEBUG', ''):
+        log_level = 10 # logging.DEBUG
+    else:
+        log_level = 20 # logging.INFO
+    vsetup_logging(LOG, log_level)
+    try:
+        i = iMain(sys.argv[1:])
     except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
         i = 0
     except (requests.exceptions.ProxyError, Exception,) as e:
-        LOG.error(f"{e}")
+        LOG.exception(f"Exception: {e}", exc_info=True)
         i = 0
 
     sys.exit(i)

src/exclude_badExits/trustor_poc.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import re
 import sys
 import ipaddress
 import warnings
-
+import logging
 
 import urllib3.util
 from urllib3.util import parse_url as urlparse
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ except:
     ub_ctx = RR_TYPE_TXT = RR_CLASS_IN = None
 
 global LOG
-import logging
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
 LOG = logging.getLogger()
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ logging.getLogger("urllib3").setLevel(logging.INFO)
 # https://github.com/erans/torcontactinfoparser
 # sys.path.append('/home/....')
 try:
-    from torcontactinfo import TorContactInfoParser
+    from exclude_badExits.torcontactinfo import TorContactInfoParser
 except:
     TorContactInfoParser = None
 
@@ -218,7 +217,7 @@ def find_validation_candidates(controller,
                             result[domain] = {prooftype: [fingerprint]}
     return result
 
-def oDownloadUrlRequests(uri, sCAfile, timeout=30, host='127.0.0.1', port=9050, content_type='text/plain', session=None):
+def oDownloadUrlRequests(uri, sCAfile: str, timeout: int = 30, host: str = '127.0.0.1', port:int = 9050, content_type: str = 'text/plain', session=None):
     import requests
     # socks proxy used for outbound web requests (for validation of proofs)
     proxy = {'https': "socks5h://{host}:{port}"}
@@ -266,7 +265,10 @@ def oDownloadUrlRequests(uri, sCAfile, timeout=30, host='127.0.0.1', port=9050,
     return oReqResp
 
 # There's no point in using asyncio because of duplicate urls in the tasks
-async def oDownloadUrlHttpx(uri, sCAfile, timeout=30, host='127.0.0.1', port=9050, content_type='text/plain'):
+async def oDownloadUrlHttpx(uri:str, sCAfile:str, timeout:int = 30,
+                            host:str = '127.0.0.1', port:int = 9050,
+                            content_type:str = 'text/plain'):
+
     import httpcore
     import asyncio
     import httpx
@@ -502,7 +504,8 @@ def lDownloadUrlFps(domain, sCAfile, timeout=30, host='127.0.0.1', port=9050):
     well_known_content = [i for i in well_known_content if i and len(i) == 40]
     return well_known_content
 
-def validate_proofs(candidates, validation_cache_file, timeout=20, host='127.0.0.1', port=9050):
+def validate_proofs(candidates, validation_cache_file, timeout=20, host='127.0.0.1', port=9050, CAfile:str = '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'):
+
     '''
     This function takes the return value of find_validation_candidates()
     and validated them according to their proof type (uri-rsa, dns-rsa)
@@ -619,7 +622,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     validate_proofs(r, validation_cache_file,
                     timeout=timeout,
                     host=controller_address,
-                    port=port)
+                    port=port,
+                    CAfile=CAfile)
 
     # refresh list with newly validated fingerprints
     trusted_fingerprints = read_local_validation_cache(validation_cache_file,