Added trusted_peer and listen_for_connections options

src/main.py

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def main():
         shared.core_nodes = {tuple(row) for row in reader}
         shared.node_pool.update(shared.core_nodes)
 
+    if not shared.trusted_peer:
         try:
             for item in socket.getaddrinfo('bootstrap8080.bitmessage.org', 80):
                 shared.unchecked_node_pool.add((item[4][0], 8080))
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ def main():
     listener_ipv4 = None
     listener_ipv6 = None
 
+    if not shared.listen_for_connections:
         if socket.has_ipv6:
             try:
                 listener_ipv6 = Listener('', shared.listening_port, family=socket.AF_INET6)

src/manager.py

@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ class Manager(threading.Thread):
                 hosts.add(c.host)
                 if not c.server:
                     outgoing_connections += 1
-        if outgoing_connections < shared.outgoing_connections and shared.send_outgoing_connections:
         to_connect = set()
+        if shared.trusted_peer:
+            to_connect.add(shared.trusted_peer)
+        if outgoing_connections < shared.outgoing_connections and shared.send_outgoing_connections and not shared.trusted_peer:
             if len(shared.unchecked_node_pool) > 16:
                 to_connect.update(random.sample(shared.unchecked_node_pool, 16))
             else:

src/shared.py

@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ import threading
 
 listening_port = 8444
 send_outgoing_connections = True
+listen_for_connections = True
 data_directory = 'minode_data/'
 source_directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+trusted_peer = None
+# trusted_peer = ('127.0.0.1', 8444)
 
 log_level = logging.DEBUG