[tor-bugs] #2697 [Torflow]: Detect exit nodes running 'transparent' HTTP proxies

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#2697: Detect exit nodes running 'transparent' HTTP proxies
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 Reporter:  rransom      |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  critical     |      Milestone:           
Component:  Torflow      |        Version:           
 Keywords:               |         Parent:           
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by rransom):

 Replying to [comment:3 rransom]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 mikeperry]:
 > > Do we want to automatically BadExit all nodes running upstream
 transproxies?
 >
 > If we detect them, yes.
 >
 > The techniques I described above will only detect proxies that are
 noticeably mangling user traffic.

 More to the point: if those two techniques detect an upstream HTTP proxy,
 it's not transparent.

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