[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:                   
     Type:  task      |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:                   
Component:  BridgeDB  |        Version:                   
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Comment(by sysrqb):

 Replying to [comment:12 asn]:
 > Replying to [comment:11 asn]:
 > > Also see #6724 for another reason that you would get "Error parsing
 Bridge address".
 >
 > Actually, are we sure that a user gets "Error parsing Bridge address"
 when he inserts an obfsuscated `Bridge` line in a torrc without a
 corresponding `ClientTransportPlugin` line? I thought the user was only
 supposed to get the weird "We were supposed to connect to bridge..."
 message.

 Oh hm, I guess I screwed that up. When I first tested this, I added
 'bridge obfs3 x.x.x.x:y' and I got "[Warning] Error parsing Bridge address
 'obfs3'" followed by "[Warning] Controller gave us config lines that
 didn't validate: Bridge line did not parse. See logs for details."

 However, when I added 'obfs3 x.x.x.x:y' I received "We were supposed to
 connect to bridge 'x.x.x.x:y' using pluggable transport 'obfs3', but we
 can't find a pluggable transport proxy supporting 'obfs3'. This can happen
 if you haven't provided a ClientTransportPlugin line, or if your pluggable
 transport proxy stopped running."

 phoul, when users have this problem, what do they see?

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