[tor-bugs] #7211 [Obfsproxy]: impossible to specify --shared-secret in managed mode

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#7211: impossible to specify --shared-secret in managed mode
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 Reporter:  arma              |          Owner:  asn
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  new
 Priority:  major             |      Milestone:     
Component:  Obfsproxy         |        Version:     
 Keywords:  SponsorF20131101  |         Parent:     
   Points:                    |   Actualpoints:     
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Comment(by asn):

 Oops. Seems like I've missed this ticket. Both of the child tickets
 (#3594, #5299) were for the client-side (even though the #3594 subject
 mentions `ServerTransportPlugin`).

 The server-side is messier since it was not thought of when the 180 spec
 was written.
 The following components are needed:
 - The shared-secret must be specified in the torrc and passed to the
 transport proxy (#8929).
 - Then, the transport proxy must announce to tor which strings must be
 passed to BridgeDB (#8979)
 - Then Tor must write those strings to its extrainfo descriptor and pass
 them to the auth (#8978).
 (- Then BridgeDB must learn how to parse that extrainfo descriptor
 directive and present it to users (#9013))

 I plan to start working on these soon (they are also needed if we want to
 deploy scramblesuit).

 I was waiting for comments on the spec change suggestions in #8929. I
 guess I'll write a spec patch for it today or tomorrow.

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