[tor-bugs] #1200 [Tor Relay]: Add port share option to host HTTPS Server and Tor on same port

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#1200: Add port share option to host HTTPS Server and Tor on same port
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 Reporter:  gst               |         Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new               |     Priority:  minor      
Milestone:  Tor: unspecified  |    Component:  Tor Relay  
  Version:  0.2.1.21          |   Resolution:  None       
 Keywords:                    |       Parent:             
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Changes (by nickm):

  * milestone:  => Tor: unspecified


Old description:

> OpenVPN includes a "port share" option that allows OpenVPN to run on port
> 443 and to pass through HTTPS
> connections to a Web server running on the same machine (see
> http://christophe.vandeplas.com/2008/06/01/portsharing-with-openvpn).
> Thus, both applications are able to use
> port 443 at the same time.
>
> Implementing such a feature for Tor may allow to make it harder to detect
> Tor bridges from the outside, as they could
> behave to non-Tor clients such as a regular Web server (and even include
> legitimate Web content).
>
> Furthermore, such a feature may make it easier for people running bridges
> to run these bridges on port 443, as it is
> still possible to run a HTTPS server at the same IP.
>
> [Automatically added by flyspray2trac: Operating System: All]

New description:

 OpenVPN includes a "port share" option that allows OpenVPN to run on port
 443 and to pass through HTTPS
 connections to a Web server running on the same machine (see
 http://christophe.vandeplas.com/2008/06/01/portsharing-with-openvpn).
 Thus, both applications are able to use
 port 443 at the same time.

 Implementing such a feature for Tor may allow to make it harder to detect
 Tor bridges from the outside, as they could
 behave to non-Tor clients such as a regular Web server (and even include
 legitimate Web content).

 Furthermore, such a feature may make it easier for people running bridges
 to run these bridges on port 443, as it is
 still possible to run a HTTPS server at the same IP.

 [Automatically added by flyspray2trac: Operating System: All]

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