[tor-bugs] #8879 [Tor]: pidgin fails to do socks5 handshake with username/password auth

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#8879: pidgin fails to do socks5 handshake with username/password auth
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 Reporter:  arma        |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor         |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-client  |         Parent:                    
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 The plot thickens!

 Pidgin's debug window tells me

 {{{
 (01:26:14) util: requesting to fetch a URL
 (01:26:14) dnsquery: Performing DNS lookup for 127.0.0.1
 (01:26:14) dnsquery: IP resolved for 127.0.0.1
 (01:26:14) proxy: Attempting connection to 127.0.0.1
 (01:26:14) proxy: Connecting to api.screenname.aol.com:443 via
 127.0.0.1:9050 using SOCKS5
 (01:26:14) socks5 proxy: Connection in progress
 (01:26:14) socks5 proxy: Connected.
 (01:26:14) socks5 proxy: Able to read.
 (01:26:14) socks5 proxy: Got auth response.
 (01:26:14) proxy: Connection attempt failed: Received invalid data on
 connection with server
 }}}

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