How can I force Tor to use a new identity without using Vidalia?

steve0 picture steve0 · Oct 21, 2010 · Viewed 8.2k times · Source

I am using Tor in my project. How can I force Tor to use a new identity from my program?

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Rob Kennedy picture Rob Kennedy · Oct 21, 2010

Open a telnet connection to the control port of your Tor service and send it SIGNAL NEWNYM.

I expect you could use any Delphi telnet library. My first choice would be Indy; make sure you have the latest version.