[tbb-bugs] #18517 [Tor]: meek is broken in Tor Browser 6.0a3

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#18517: meek is broken in Tor Browser 6.0a3
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 Reporter:  gk                                 |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                             |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Very High                          |      Milestone:  Tor:
Component:  Tor                                |  0.2.8.x-final
 Severity:  Normal                             |        Version:  Tor:
 Keywords:  regression must-fix-before-028-rc  |  0.2.8.1-alpha
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                                               |        Sponsor:  None
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Changes (by teor):

 * keywords:  regression => regression must-fix-before-028-rc
 * version:   => Tor: 0.2.8.1-alpha
 * component:  Tor Browser => Tor
 * milestone:   => Tor: 0.2.8.x-final


Comment:

 Hmm, after thinking about this for a few days, I actually think picking
 another dummy IP address and hoping it keeps working in future is a
 brittle approach. I'd rather work out why tor is trying to connect to that
 address in the first place, when the pluggable transport should be the
 thing connecting to it, not tor.

 (Am I understanding how pluggable transports work?)

 I think what tor should do is:
 * if a transport is specified in the Bridge line, and that transport
 corresponds to a ClientTransportPlugin line, tor should pass the address
 in the bridge line to the pluggable transport, and not try to connect to
 that address itself. (The pluggable transport is free to use [obfsproxy]
 or ignore [meek] that address.)

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