[tor-bugs] #6418 [Tor Hidden Services]: Drop support for older versions of the hidden service protocol
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#6418: Drop support for older versions of the hidden service protocol
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Reporter: nickm | Owner:
Type: project | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component: Tor Hidden Services | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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We've supported v3 introduce{1,2} cells since 0.2.1.
We've supported v2 descriptors since 0.2.0.
There is no need for clients and servers to continue supporting older
versions of the hidden service protocols; there is probably no need for
"hidden service authorities" to exist; and there is probably a bunch of
other code here we can discard too.
The one wrinkle to think about is that removing support here _might_
enable an adversary to tell when a client or service has switched to a
newer version of Tor. Generally, we don't care about that, but we should
still think about it.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6418>
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