[tor-bugs] #2355 [Tor Client]: change the meaning of UseBridges

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#2355: change the meaning of UseBridges
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 Reporter:  anonym            |        Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new               |    Priority:  minor      
Milestone:  Tor: unspecified  |   Component:  Tor Client 
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Comment(by anonym):

 Replying to [comment:1 nickm]:

 > It'd be nice to have a fix for this, though since it's pretty
 specialized and there is (IIUC?) a working workaround, I'm not going to
 call it urgent.

 The workaround that was initially devised (and that I described to you
 over IRC) was the following:

 1) Add "ReachableAddresses reject *:*" to torrc
 2) Start Tor
 3) Let the user add bridges through vidalia

 As detailed in bug #2357, this approach started out promising (bridges
 seems to be exempt of rejection from ReachableAddresses so It Just
 Works(TM) as soon as a bridge is added), but it breaks when Tor is
 restarted.

 The only alternative workaround I can think of is to add "UseBridges 1"
 and a bogus bridge (e.g. "Bridge 127.0.0.1:12345") to torrc which will
 prevent the Tor client from connecting to the Tor network until the user
 adds a proper bridge through vidalia. This seems to work fine, but users
 might get confused when they see that strange bridge turn up in vidalia.

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