[tor-bugs] #12799 [Tor]: fingerprints - descriptor Space removal, case normalization

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#12799: fingerprints - descriptor Space removal, case normalization
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     Reporter:  grarpamp  |      Owner:
         Type:  defect    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal    |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.???
    Component:  Tor       |    Version:  Tor: 0.2.4.22
   Resolution:            |   Keywords:
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Changes (by karsten):

 * cc: atagar (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:2 arma]:
 > I wonder what metrics/etc applications are looking at the fingerprint
 line in descriptors currently? Karsten, do you have any insight here?

 I guess all [https://collector.torproject.org/#references applications
 listed on the CollecTor page] would be affected.  (Hint: if there are more
 applications that would be affected and which should maybe be listed
 there, please let me know.)

 But accepting both space-separated, upper-case fingerprints and space-
 removed, lower-case fingerprints shouldn't be hard.  Should be a few
 changed lines of code in metrics-lib and Stem, and maybe some applications
 that parse descriptors directly.

 Please keep me posted.  Cc'ing atagar to comment on the Stem side of
 things.

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