[tor-bugs] #8490 [Tor bundles/installation]: Package and provide Pyobfsproxy/Flashproxy bridge bundle

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#8490: Package and provide Pyobfsproxy/Flashproxy bridge bundle
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 Reporter:  bastik                    |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  task                      |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
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Comment(by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:1 arma]:
 > Sounds like changing the bridge bundles to include an obfsproxy by
 default is a wise plan.
 >
 > I don't think it makes sense to put a flash proxy "server" in the bridge
 bundles though, right?

 I agree it sounds good for bridge bundles to include obfsproxy by default.

 The flash proxy server is
 [[https://gitweb.torproject.org/flashproxy.git/tree/HEAD:/websocket-
 transport websocket-server]]. It doesn't make sense to put that in a
 bridge bundle because we don't need lots of websocket bridges at different
 addresses they way we do with obfsproxy. (The browser proxies take care of
 the "different addresses" part.) The websocket bridges won't even be used
 unless the facilitator knows about them.

 (Aside: The websocket transport could be used apart from flash proxies as
 a super-cheapo obfuscator. The WebSocket framing would offset the bytes
 and maybe fool some pattern filters, also you could use the base64
 WebSocket encoding. We're not shipping a websocket-client that works
 without flash proxies, though.)

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