[tor-bugs] #24774 [Core Tor/Tor]: Edit prop279 to support alternative name representations and non-English languages

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#24774: Edit prop279 to support alternative name representations and non-English
languages
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 Reporter:  nullius                             |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                         |         Status:
                                                |  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                              |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                |  0.3.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                        |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                              |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  prop279, review-group-28, tor-spec  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #10747                              |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                      |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by nickm):

 * status:  needs_review => needs_revision


Comment:

 +1 on using RFC3492 if we want unicode support.

 As for the other changes:
   * I like the idea of explicitly saying "This address is definitively
 non-mapped; no other plugin should be allowed to map it.
   * I am unconvinced that we need a * wildcard; the motivating examples
 seems like something that could just as well be done within a separate
 domain.
   * I'm not sure that the sandboxing section is necessary.  We should say
 that _all_ plugins should only access the network over Tor, unless they
 are using some comparably strong anonymity mechanism.  And for filesystem
 access, if we _do_ allow * wildcards, there's no reason to suppose that
 they don't need caching as much as anything else.

 I think that having separate patches for the different issues here might
 make them easier to discuss.

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