commit 27eaaaeaa79d800f81643d0c4333a6906e673db3 Author: George Kadianakis <desnacked@riseup.net> Date: Tue Jul 2 19:05:45 2013 +0300 Specification on how the 'transport' extra-info line works. Also specify how pluggable transport arguments are passed from the transport proxy to Tor and then to the bridge authority using extra-info descriptors. --- pt-spec.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/pt-spec.txt b/pt-spec.txt index 72662b6..fd31433 100644 --- a/pt-spec.txt +++ b/pt-spec.txt @@ -293,6 +293,12 @@ Managed proxy interface in the bridge line. The Options part is a list of space-separated K:V flags that Tor should know about. Recognized options are: + - ARGS:K=V,K=V,K=V + + If this option is set, the K=V arguments are added to Tor's + extrainfo document. Equal signs and commas must be escaped + with a backslash. + SMETHOD and CMETHOD lines may be interspersed, to allow the proxies to report methods as they become available, even when some methods may require probing your network, connecting to some kind of peers, etc @@ -318,3 +324,18 @@ Managed proxy interface So, for example, if tor supports this configuration protocol it should set the environment variable: TOR_PT_MANAGED_TRANSPORT_VER=1 + +Advertising bridge methods + + Bridges use transport lines in their extra-info documents to + advertise their pluggable transports: + + transport SP <transportname> SP <address:port> [SP arglist] NL + + The address:port are as returned from an SMETHOD line (unless they + are replaced by the FORWARD: directive). + + The arglist is a K=V,... list as returned in the ARGS: part of the + SMETHOD line's Options component (commas and equal signs are escaped + with a backslash). +