[tor-bugs] #8879 [Tor]: Tor's socks5 handshake with username/password auth doesn't follow the protocol spec, and pidgin notices

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#8879: Tor's socks5 handshake with username/password auth doesn't follow the
protocol spec, and pidgin notices
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 Reporter:  arma        |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  needs_review      
 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):

 (sysrqb confirms for me that torsocks does not care whether this byte is a
 1 or a 5, so it should work either way)

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