[tor-bugs] #4699 [Core Tor/Tor]: Tor resolves invalid .onion addresses when AutomapHostsOnResolve is 1.

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Fri May 26 14:25:23 UTC 2017


#4699: Tor resolves invalid .onion addresses when AutomapHostsOnResolve is 1.
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 Reporter:  katmagic                 |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Low                      |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                   |     Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  onions, dns, tor-client  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                           |         Points:
 Reviewer:                           |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by nickm):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * severity:   => Normal


Comment:

 >After all, for no other cases does AutomapHostsOnResolve try to ensure
 that the address is well formed.

 I think that's still convincing to me: AutomapHostsOnResolve shouldn't do
 validation.  Let's reopen this if we learn some reason it should.

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