[tor-bugs] #9022 [Pluggable transport]: Create an XMPP pluggable transport
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#9022: Create an XMPP pluggable transport
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Reporter: asn | Owner: feynman
Type: task | Status: accepted
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Pluggable transport | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by asn):
Replying to [comment:4 rransom]:
> This pluggable transport will (a) give hostile firewall vendors an
incentive to block all XMPP-like traffic, and (b) give XMPP server
operators an incentive to deploy censorship software to detect and block
`hexchat`.
Yes, these are valid concerns.
Another issue with this PT, is that the XMPP server (e.g. google) learns
the IP address of our users.
Unfortunately, I don't know how to evaluate the severity of these
concerns, and whether it's a good idea to deploy such a transport to
users.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9022#comment:8>
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