[tor-bugs] #4568 [BridgeDB]: Extend BridgeDB to give out pluggable transport information

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#4568: Extend BridgeDB to give out pluggable transport information
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 Reporter:  karsten   |          Owner:  aagbsn                  
     Type:  project   |         Status:  accepted                
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:  Sponsor G: June 30, 2012
Component:  BridgeDB  |        Version:                          
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Changes (by aagbsn):

 * cc: asn (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:4 asn]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 aagbsn]:
 > > I want to do this.
 >
 > Cool! If you need any help, feel free to ask.

 Is this the right spec for the extra-info lines:

 {{{
 Advertising bridge methods

   Bridges put the 'method' lines in their extra-info documents.

      method SP <methodname> SP <address:port> [SP arglist] NL

   The address:port are as returned from an SMETHOD line (unless they are
   replaced by the FORWARD: directive).  The arglist is a K=V,... list as
   returned in the ARGS: part of the SMETHOD line's Options component.

   If the SMETHOD line includes a DECLARE: part, the router descriptor gets
   a new line:

      method-info SP <methodname> [SP arglist] NL
 }}}
 from torspec.git/proposal/180-pluggable-transport.txt
 (93d89226e73cb535088d4cb4104afefdbdfe83c0)

 So, should BridgeDB parse the extra-infos directly? If the Bridge
 Authority does reachability tests for some or all pluggable-transports,
 how will this be indicated to BridgeDB?

 {{{
 Bridge authority behavior

   We need to specify a way to test different transport methods that
   bridges claim to support.  We should test as many as possible.  We
   should NOT require that we have a way to test every possible
   transport method before we allow its use: the point of this design
   is to remove bottlenecks in transport deployment.
 }}}

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