[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:          
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Comment(by feynman):

 Replying to [comment:22 xnyhps]:
 > Replying to [comment:21 feynman]:
 > > It seems that Gtalk will only deliver so many messages in a given
 period of time. I tried other chat servers, and they are much slower. I
 can NOT watch youtube videos with hexchat.
 >
 > Is there a reason you're passing all traffic through `<message>`
 stanzas? Many servers will throttle those to avoid spam, `<iq>` stanzas
 are a lot more likely to work well. You could look at
 [http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0047.html XEP-0047: In-Band Bytestreams]
 for how this can be done.
 >
 > In fact, you might be able to use that specification for the actual
 content data (leaving the signaling to `<message>`s or other `<iq>`s),
 that would hide the data making it look like ordinary file transfers.


 This sounds like a good idea. I looked into `<iq>`s, but it seems they do
 not come with enough text fields (although I could be mistaken). I need
 four text fields to send a message:
 - One for the client ip:port
 - One for the server ip:port
 - One for the actual data
 - The JID of the computer that sent the message

 Unless all four fields can be stuck somewhere in an iq message, this route
 will not work. Maybe with some hacks I could be wrong, but at first
 glance, this looks like a dead end.

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