[tor-bugs] #12234 [Tor]: Add Option to ControlPort for SSL/TLS Support

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#12234: Add Option to ControlPort for SSL/TLS Support
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     Reporter:  blentz       |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  minor        |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor          |    Version:
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Comment (by blentz):

 Thanks for sharing.

 I am surprised this is the attitude toward enabling such functionality.
 Given this software is presumably riddled with SSL socket bindings, I
 assumed such a change would be relatively trivial. Admittedly I didn't
 take a serious look at the code to see exactly to what degree of added
 complexity it would require.

 If relying on a third-party software package for doing SSL based on the
 relative intelligence or experience level of a user versus plus the
 unquantifiable proportion to which this functionality will be used versus
 elegantly supporting it natively within tor itself is what the maintainers
 prefer, so be it.

 ControlPort can continue to accept passwords in the clear and if a user
 doesn't like it they can kludge stunnel in front of it.

 Sorry for wasting your time.

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