[tor-bugs] #2752 [Tor Client]: Tor limits HttpProxyAuthenticator values to 48 characters (was: Vidalia was unable to apply your Network settings to Tor. Unacceptable option value: HttpProxyAuthenticator is too long (>= 48 chars).)

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#2752: Tor limits HttpProxyAuthenticator values to 48 characters
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 Reporter:  dudumomo               |          Owner:  chiiph             
     Type:  defect                 |         Status:  new                
 Priority:  normal                 |      Milestone:                     
Component:  Tor Client             |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.2.23-alpha
 Keywords:  48 chars, http, proxy  |         Parent:                     
   Points:                         |   Actualpoints:                     
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Changes (by rransom):

  * priority:  major => normal
  * milestone:  Tor Browser Bundle for Windows =>


Comment:

 This bug is also present on maint-0.2.1.

 The problem seems to be that our `base64_encode` function uses OpenSSL's
 base64 encoder, which inserts newlines, and we didn't want to strip
 newlines out of the middle of the encoded string in
 `alloc_http_authenticator`.

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