def _getConfiguration(self):
        """
            Method that abstracts the extraction of grabbing the configuration.
            
            :return: the applicable configuration settings.
        """
        info =configuration.getConfiguration()

        try:            
            # This returns only the parameters needed by each wrapper. E. g., for Tor:
            # {
            #    "host" : "127.0.0.1"
            #    "port" : "9150"
            # }    
            return info[self.name]
            
        except KeyError, e:
            errMsg = "ERROR. WTF! There was not found any configuration for " + self.name + " in the configuration file!"
            raise Exception( errMsg )