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[tor-bugs] #19317 [Metrics/CollecTor]: Sanitize TCP ports in bridge descriptors

#19317: Sanitize TCP ports in bridge descriptors
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     Reporter:  karsten            |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement        |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium             |  Milestone:
    Component:  Metrics/CollecTor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal             |   Keywords:
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       Points:                     |   Reviewer:
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 We should consider sanitizing TCP ports in bridge descriptors.  Let's add
 a new sanitizing step between 3 and 4 here:

 https://collector.torproject.org/#bridge-descriptors

 4. Replace TCP port with TCP port hash: It may be less obvious that TCP
 ports need to be sanitized, but an unusual TCP port used by a high-value
 bridge might still stand out and provide yet another way to locate and
 block the bridge.
  - Each non-zero TCP port is replaced with `H(port | bridge identity |
 secret)[:2] % 65535 + 1` written as decimal number.  The input `port` is
 the 2-byte long binary representation of the TCP port.  The `bridge
 identity` is the 20-byte long binary representation of the bridge's long-
 term identity fingerprint.  The `secret` is a 33-byte long secure random
 string that changes once per month for all descriptors and statuses
 published in that month.  `H()` is SHA-256.  The `[:2]` operator means
 that we pick the 2 most significant bytes of the result.  TCP ports that
 are 0 in the original descriptor are left unchanged.

 In order to make this change we'll need to write and test the code and re-
 process all bridge descriptors since 2008.  The last part is going to take
 at least a week, maybe longer.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19317>
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