[or-cvs] r11171: backport candidate: Refuse to start with certain directory a (in tor/trunk: . src/or)

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Author: arma
Date: 2007-08-18 22:51:54 -0400 (Sat, 18 Aug 2007)
New Revision: 11171

Modified:
   tor/trunk/ChangeLog
   tor/trunk/src/or/config.c
Log:
backport candidate:
Refuse to start with certain directory authority keys, and 
encourage people using them to stop.


Modified: tor/trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- tor/trunk/ChangeLog	2007-08-19 02:02:58 UTC (rev 11170)
+++ tor/trunk/ChangeLog	2007-08-19 02:51:54 UTC (rev 11171)
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
   o Minor features (security):
     - Warn about unsafe ControlPort configurations.
+    - Refuse to start with certain directory authority keys, and
+      encourage people using them to stop.
 
   o Minor features (controller):
     - Add a PROTOCOLINFO controller command. Like AUTHENTICATE, it

Modified: tor/trunk/src/or/config.c
===================================================================
--- tor/trunk/src/or/config.c	2007-08-19 02:02:58 UTC (rev 11170)
+++ tor/trunk/src/or/config.c	2007-08-19 02:51:54 UTC (rev 11171)
@@ -3823,6 +3823,13 @@
              (int)strlen(fingerprint));
     goto err;
   }
+  if (!strcmp(fingerprint, "E623F7625FBE0C87820F11EC5F6D5377ED816294")) {
+    /* a known bad fingerprint. refuse to use it. */
+    log_warn(LD_CONFIG, "Dangerous dirserver line. To correct, erase your "
+             "torrc file (%s), or reinstall Tor and use the default torrc.",
+             get_torrc_fname());
+    goto err;
+  }
   if (base16_decode(digest, DIGEST_LEN, fingerprint, HEX_DIGEST_LEN)<0) {
     log_warn(LD_CONFIG, "Unable to decode DirServer key digest.");
     goto err;