[tor-bugs] #18938 [Core Tor/Tor]: Authorities should reject non-ASCII content in ExtraInfo descriptors

Sat Apr 30 00:56:00 UTC 2016

#18938: Authorities should reject non-ASCII content in ExtraInfo descriptors
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 Reporter:  teor          |          Owner:
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.???
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  029-proposed  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #18656        |         Points:  small
 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by atagar):

 Thanks for filing this teor!

 > If it is, I'd recommend we make them all ASCII for consistency

 For what it's worth I'd love for the contact and platform lines to be
 ASCII. Having them be the one and only 'special snowflakes' in this regard
 is unnecessary and a pita for parsers.

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