[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:  needs_information
 Priority:  normal                                |      Milestone:                   
Component:  BridgeDB                              |        Version:                   
 Keywords:  pt,usability,torlaucher,ui,important  |         Parent:                   
   Points:                                        |   Actualpoints:                   
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Changes (by isis):

  * status:  accepted => needs_information
  * keywords:  pt,usability,torlaucher,ui =>
               pt,usability,torlaucher,ui,important


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:31 mikeperry]:
 > mcs: Yeah, I think we should make Tor Launcher accept a direct cut and
 paste from bridges.tp.o and send it to Tor. See #9445. I think the only
 santization we should do there is to check for 'bridge ' in the beginning
 of the line, and if it's there, send it directly, and if it's not, add it
 in.

 So, I propose the following:

 '''If TorLauncher decides that it wants the `"bridge "` string prefix''',
 i.e. bridge lines returned by BridgeDB to be of the form
 {{{Bridge [transport_method] address:port [keyid=fingerprint] [K=V]
 [K=V]}}}
 (where square brackets indicate that the field is optionally present),
 then BridgeDB should revert commits
 20d6171844d275f768229a1a4052a31fd42cd4bd and
 792cfd99bb3a4d5a116202e76532232aba6e6312 and re-add the prefix back in
 now, to avoid confusing people by switching back and forth.

 '''If TorLauncher would like otherwise''', i.e. to keep the prefix
 removed, then we should likewise switch now.

 > Unless someone more deeply familiar with the full scope of what PT
 strings contain can say why this is a bad idea?

 At present, they can contain anything, and be any length.

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