[tor-bugs] #3203 [Pluggable transport]: obfsproxy will probably need a GUI on Windows

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#3203: obfsproxy will probably need a GUI on Windows
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 Reporter:  asn                  |          Owner:  asn
     Type:  defect               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal               |      Milestone:     
Component:  Pluggable transport  |        Version:     
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 So, looking at my GSoC proposal I see:
 {{{
 c) Play with TBB to allow it to launch external proxies, so that
 non-technical Windows users can use external proxies.
 }}}
 that was quite easy to type, but now that I actually think of it it starts
 to seem quite painful.
 The problem is that we will probably need a GUI that allows some minimal
 configuration and outputs the status to the Windows user.

 I brought this issue up on IRC some weeks ago and rransom said that we
 will indeed probably need a GUI hack.

 Thing is I don't know anything about 'Windows' or 'GUIs'. I don't even
 know the absolute basics behind GUI coding.

 This trac ticket is for ideas and advices on the interface of obfsproxy on
 the Windows platform.
 Is there a super-quick and "correct" way of doing that?

 Don't forget that the "launch obfsproxy through TBB" operation is part of
 the 'quick-n-dirty' plan, so that we can ship obfsproxy to a few bridge
 users that can beta test it.
 It's not the final release and it's not a clean way of using obfsproxy on
 Windows. Maybe the GUI doesn't have to be uber-clean either.

 [cc:ing rransom and nickm.
 nick if you want me to stop ccing you, do say.]

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