[tor-bugs] #9156 [BridgeDB]: BridgeDB: Users try to add obfsbridges to their normal TBB

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#9156: BridgeDB: Users try to add obfsbridges to their normal TBB
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 Reporter:  asn                         |          Owner:  isis    
     Type:  task                        |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                      |      Milestone:          
Component:  BridgeDB                    |        Version:          
 Keywords:  pt,usability,torlaucher,ui  |         Parent:          
   Points:                              |   Actualpoints:          
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Changes (by isis):

  * keywords:  => pt,usability,torlaucher,ui


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:26 arma]:
 > Click on the green onion, and go to "Open Network Settings". This is
 also the dialog you get on first startup if you click 'configure' rather
 than 'connect'.

 I think I knew that at some point, a long, long time ago, when I didn't
 disable TorButton. Thanks.

 I put the details of testing with TBB-3.0.3a in ticket #9445.

 '''tl;dr''':
   * TBB-3.0.3a handles regular bridges (input as
 `<bridge_ipaddr>:<bridge_orport>` correctly, but only after closing and
 restarting TBB.
   * TBB-3.0.3a doesn't handle PT bridges correctly. Specifically, it seems
 to parse the text box of user input, and strangely it inserts newlines
 after the transport name strings which it didn't understand, i.e. `obfs3
 3.3.3.3:3333\n` becomes `obfs3\n3.3.3.3:3333\n`. If it is doing this
 parsing, perhaps it can just remove those lines entirely, because using
 the bridge on a port configured for PT-use 1) isn't going to work, and 2)
 is going to give away by a normal Tor connection the location of the
 bridge to surveilling parties and/or censors.

 An even better thing to do would be an "Uh-oh spaghettios. Did you mean to
 download <link_to_PT_bundle>?" and if the user responds "no" ''then''
 strip the lines which began with PT transport name strings.

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