[tor-bugs] #16824 [Core Tor/Tor]: Emit a warning message about side channel leaks when using relays as clients

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Tue May 22 07:41:52 UTC 2018


#16824: Emit a warning message about side channel leaks when using relays as
clients
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 Reporter:  starlight                            |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.5.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.2.6.10
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  mike-can, tor-client tor-relay       |  Actual Points:
  sidechannel logging easy                       |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  1
 Reviewer:  mikeperry                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by mikeperry):

 Additional point: people who set up a hidden service on their relay's Tor
 daemon can set their SocksPort to 0 and yet still succumb to the side
 channel issues of #16585. So we definitely can't even base this on
 SocksPort usage.

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