[tor-bugs] #20022 [Core Tor/Tor]: Tor should deprecate insecure cookie auth

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#20022: Tor should deprecate insecure cookie auth
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 Reporter:  dkg           |          Owner:
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
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Comment (by yawning):

 Replying to [comment:6 teor]:
 > It's also worth noting that there are situations where security is
 somewhat irrelevant - such as control sockets on tor test networks. Best
 we keep some auth methods for that use case.

 "some auth methods" like `NULL`, `HASHEDPASSWORD`, and `SAFECOOKIE`?  If
 your test network tooling only supports `COOKIE` auth, that's a problem
 with the tooling.

 `SAFECOOKIE` was introduced in 0.2.3.13-alpha.  I don't see a compelling
 argument to keep `COOKIE` around.

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