[tor-bugs] #12555 [Tor]: Socks5 password authentication not working

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#12555: Socks5 password authentication not working
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     Reporter:  starlight  |      Owner:
         Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal     |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor        |    Version:  Tor: 0.2.4.22
   Resolution:             |   Keywords:
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Comment (by yawning):

 Those options do not do what you think they do, they are for the case
 where tor needs to use an external proxy to reach the internet, not for
 the SOCKS proxy provided by tor.

 {{{
            If defined, authenticate to the SOCKS 5 server using username
 and
            password in accordance to RFC 1929. Both username and password
 must
            be between 1 and 255 characters.
 }}}

 And you are right, there is no support for enforcing authentication for
 the SOCKS port, though `SocksPolicy` can provide limited access control.
 Actually supporting auth would break `IsolateSocksAuth` and the underlying
 code needs a lot of love in general so this is non-trivial to implement.

 A separate bug as an enhancement for some future version of tor should be
 filed since the options in question are working as intended.

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