Socketpair authentication fails while Proxifier is enabled
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
In the fallback socketpair implementation for Windows, socket authentication fails while Proxifier (and likely similar tools) are enabled. The following exception is always raised:
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/e41ec8e18b078024b02a742272e675ae39778536/Lib/socket.py#L644-L648
Originally spotted in: https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/issues/3265
Relevant discussion on curl's issue tracker: https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/10144
CPython versions tested on:
3.12
Operating systems tested on:
Windows
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Research direction
Start with the fallback socketpair authentication code in Lib/socket.py at lines 644-648 and reproduce the failure on Windows with Proxifier enabled. Compare the behavior with the linked curl discussion; done means socket authentication succeeds in this configuration without raising the reported exception.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100