[tor-bugs] #5023 [Pluggable transport]: Morpher pluggable transport: Select algorithm for packet size morphing

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#5023: Morpher pluggable transport: Select algorithm for packet size morphing
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 Reporter:  asn                  |          Owner:  asn  
     Type:  task                 |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal               |      Milestone:       
Component:  Pluggable transport  |        Version:       
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 This is a ticket to resolve a) of comment:1:ticket:4680 :

 We should evaluate whether the final morpher transport should use 'random
 sampling', or 'morphing matrices' to select a packet's final packet size.

 In 'random sampling', you have a packet size probability distribution of a
 target protocol, and you pick a random variable, and then you shape your
 packet to be of that size.
 By 'morphing matrices', I mean the technique described in the paper
 Traffic Morphing: An efficient defense against statistical traffic
 analysis which attempts to minimize the padding overhead imposed by packet
 size shaping.

 Since our morpher transport will try to turn Tor traffic into HTTPS
 traffic, as far as packet sizes are concerned, we should evaluate whether
 the 'morphing matrices' method is worth it. We can build a tool that uses
 both methods on a couple thousand packets, and see which method is more
 effective. If 'morphing matrices' is indeed more effective, we should see
 whether it's effective enough to justify its troublesome implementation.

 I stupidly attached all relevant files to #4680, but let's continue the
 discussion here to avoid flooding #4680 more.

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