[tor-bugs] #3875 [Firefox Patch Issues]: TBB's Firefox should use optimistic data socks handshake variant

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#3875: TBB's Firefox should use optimistic data socks handshake variant
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 Reporter:  arma                   |          Owner:  mikeperry                    
     Type:  enhancement            |         Status:  new                          
 Priority:  major                  |      Milestone:  TorBrowserBundle 2.3.x-stable
Component:  Firefox Patch Issues   |        Version:                               
 Keywords:  performance roundtrip  |         Parent:  #3890                        
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Comment(by iang):

 Replying to [comment:16 t55wang]:
 > Oh, you're right, 443 connects were not considered. I could change it to
 "port 80 or port 443". Not sure if this is the best solution.

 You can't do it for 443, since FF is expecting to receive an SSL
 handshake, not an HTTP response.

 > What do you mean by localization?

 Other languages.

 In my opinion, the "patch the FF SOCKS state machine" approach is far
 superior to the "patch Tor to lie about it connectedness state and then do
 some hackery if it's caught out in that lie" approach.

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