[tor-commits] [torspec/master] Update socks-extensions to allow username/password auth

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commit f8529305e94ac36c17da6d9b756a9c83e6b046fe
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Wed Jun 29 18:08:37 2011 -0400

    Update socks-extensions to allow username/password auth
---
 socks-extensions.txt |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/socks-extensions.txt b/socks-extensions.txt
index 62d86ac..60695e5 100644
--- a/socks-extensions.txt
+++ b/socks-extensions.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,11 @@ Tor's extensions to the SOCKS protocol
   SOCKS5:
   - The (SOCKS5) "UDP ASSOCIATE" command is not supported.
   - IPv6 is not supported in CONNECT commands.
-  - Only the "NO AUTHENTICATION" (SOCKS5) authentication method [00] is
-    supported.
+  - The "NO AUTHENTICATION" (SOCKS5) authentication method [00] is supported.
+    As of Tor 0.2.3.2-alpha, the "USERNAME/PASSWORD" (SOCKS5) authentication
+    method [02] is supported too. As an extension to support some broken
+    clients, we allow clients to pass "USERNAME/PASSWORD" authentication to
+    us even if no authentication was selected.
 
 2. Name lookup
 



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