#25089: Tor bundle: Special characters not escaped in proxy password
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Reporter: ro0ter | Owner: brade
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Launcher | Version:
Severity: Major | Resolution: fixed
Keywords: TorBrowserTeam201802R | Actual Points:
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Comment (by mcs):
Replying to [comment:13 ro0ter]:
> mcs, I can`t make it work since the tor launcher detects my change and
does not agree... I`d rather not attach a screenshot, not useful, but
here`s the text:
> ...
I forgot that you will be prompted (since you have not previously
connected). To avoid the prompt, set
`extensions.torlauncher.prompt_at_startup` to `false` by ensuring that the
following line in present in your `prefs.js` file:
user_pref("extensions.torlauncher.prompt_at_startup", false);
The `prefs.js` file is located in your browser profile. The path is
`Browser\TorBrowser\Data\Browser\profile.default\prefs.js.
Replying to [comment:14 ro0ter]:
> One more question: what about password containing both double quotes and
pound?
Our code already knew how to escape double quotes. You can use `\"` to
include them in your torrc, e.g.,
HTTPSProxyAuthenticator "mcs:secret\"quote\"#1"
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