[tor-bugs] #20022 [Core Tor/Tor]: Tor should deprecate insecure cookie auth

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#20022: Tor should deprecate insecure cookie auth
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 Reporter:  dkg           |          Owner:
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
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Comment (by atagar):

 No strong opinion here from me, but for what it's worth SecureCookie auth
 is a bit trickier for controllers to implement...

 https://gitweb.torproject.org/stem.git/tree/stem/connection.py#n743
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/stem.git/tree/stem/connection.py#n833

 By dropping normal cookie authentication we may encourage some folks to
 use either password auth (or if they find that annoying, drop
 authentication altogether).

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