[tor-bugs] #13111 [Tor]: Tor fails to start if onion keys are zero length

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Tue Feb 10 10:05:33 UTC 2015


#13111: Tor fails to start if onion keys are zero length
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     Reporter:  ioerror      |      Owner:  teor
         Type:  defect       |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
    Component:  Tor          |    Version:
   Resolution:  implemented  |   Keywords:  tor-relay
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Comment (by teor):

 FWIW, the unit tests for this code assume that tor will produce different
 keys every time it regenerates them. If our random source is badly broken
 (e.g. returns all 0s), the tests will fail.

 This is a feature, not a bug :-)

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