[tor-bugs] #28295 [Core Tor/Nyx]: Non-interactive way to supply ControlPort password for nyx and tor-prompt is needed

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#28295: Non-interactive way to supply ControlPort password for nyx and tor-prompt
is needed
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 Reporter:  wagon         |          Owner:  atagar
     Type:  enhancement   |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Nyx  |        Version:  Tor: 0.3.4.8
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
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Comment (by atagar):

 > I would say the opposite: cookie authentication is a poor man's password
 authentication.

 Your two points are true for ControlSockets, but a ControlPort with cookie
 authentication shouldn't differ from password authentication in this
 respect. In either case nyx is 'providing the contents of a file to tor's
 control port'. The only difference is that with
 [https://stem.torproject.org/faq.html#i-m-using-password-authentication
 password authetnication] its your raw password, with
 [https://stem.torproject.org/faq.html#i-m-using-cookie-authentication
 cookie auth] it's an autogenerated hash in a file with especially
 restricted permissions, and with SafeCookie it's a more complicated
 handshake that prevents replay attacks and such.

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