[tor-bugs] #6254 [TorBrowserButton]: Support Tor Router/Transtor mode in Tor Browser

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#6254: Support Tor Router/Transtor mode in Tor Browser
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 Reporter:  mikeperry         |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  enhancement       |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:           
Component:  TorBrowserButton  |        Version:           
 Keywords:  MikePerry201207   |         Parent:           
   Points:                    |   Actualpoints:           
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 Not all TBB users actually want to use the TBB-bundled tor and vidalia.
 Some have their own transtor setups/upstream Tor Routers.

 In #5611, we're trying to create an easy way to launch Tor Browser from
 the same bundle to support these configurations without shipping different
 builds. In #5658, we're thinking about adding a prompt in Vidalia to
 directly ask users about the presence of Tor Router.

 Both approaches should probably use the same environment variable. It
 looks like we've settled on TOR_TRANSPROXY=1. It will be relatively easy
 work to adapt Torbutton to check for this var and turn on transparent
 proxy mode if it is present.

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