[tor-bugs] #7077 [Tor]: Tor exits with 'descriptor at <address> begins with unexpected string ""'

Thu Mar 14 02:41:31 UTC 2013

#7077: Tor exits with 'descriptor at <address> begins with unexpected string ""'
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 Reporter:  jackhill   |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
Component:  Tor        |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-relay  |         Parent:                    
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:                    
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Changes (by nickm):

  * milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final => Tor: 0.2.5.x-final

Comment:

 So, the right way to prevent stuff like this might be to try parsing
 cached-descriptors.tmp before we replace cached-descriptors with it.  Also
 we should check the code to make sure that a bogon in cached-descriptors
 can't make us exit on startup.

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