[tor-bugs] #3587 [Tor Bridge]: Accounting should work with pluggable transports

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#3587: Accounting should work with pluggable transports
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 Reporter:  asn         |          Owner:                  
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Tor Bridge  |        Version:                  
 Keywords:              |         Parent:  #3591           
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                  
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Comment(by asn):

 Replying to [comment:3 nickm]:
 > I'd like to get a better answer than our current one here, but for now
 this needs to be unspecified

 Our current answer is doing accounting and rate-limiting directly on the
 pluggable transport proxy binary. It's a temporary hacky solution for
 operators who really want to enforce some traffic limit, but we should
 indeed make it better. And by better, I mean more dynamic and usable.

 My suggestion would be to have tor using the Extended OR Port transmit
 real-time accounting/rate-limiting information to the proxy. IIRC you
 don't like the idea of the Extended OR Port maintaining a continuous
 relationship with the proxy, and you want the Extended OR Port restricted
 to carrying data after the initial negotiation.

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