[tor-bugs] #20205 [Applications/Tor Messenger]: Implement SASL EXTERNAL

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#20205: Implement SASL EXTERNAL
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 Reporter:  arlolra                     |          Owner:  arlolra
     Type:  defect                      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Messenger  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                      |     Resolution:
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Comment (by arlolra):

 From https://freenode.net/news/resurrecting-tor,

 > pass­word-based SASL au­then­ti­ca­tion is dis­abled over the Tor
 gate­way

 That's the one IB does support :(

 Now they're saying,

 > You must log in us­ing SASL's EXTERNAL or ECDSA-NIST256P-CHALLENGE (more
 be­low)

 Shouldn't be too bad to implement that though. All the code is contained
 in,
 https://github.com/mozilla/releases-comm-
 central/blob/master/chat/protocols/irc/ircSASL.jsm

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