[tor-bugs] #9651 [Tor]: Enable ExtORPort by default when PTs are used?

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#9651: Enable ExtORPort by default when PTs are used?
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 Reporter:  asn                |          Owner:
     Type:  task               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor                |        Version:
 Keywords:  tor tor-bridge pt  |  Actual Points:
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 When we merged the Extended ORPort to tor.git (#4773 and #5040), I wrote a
 post to tor-relays asking people to upgrade to git master so that they can
 get statistics with their bridge (https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail
 /tor-relays/2013-August/002477.html).

 Unfortunately, I forgot to ask people to enable the Extended ORPort in
 their torrc, so their Tor just opens an ORPort and all their obfsproxy
 traffic goes through there.

 Currently, the Extended ORPort can be enabled by adding `ExtORPort 6669`
 to your torrc.

 This is OK for now, but maybe we could make Tor smarter and make it open
 an Extended ORPort if it has an ORPort && there is a
 `ServerTransportPlugin` present in its torrc.

 (With the above logic, if the bridge has a `ServerTransportPlugin` but
 with an older obfsproxy that doesn't support the Extended ORPort, then the
 ExtORPort will be left unused. That shouldn't be a big problem since the
 Extended ORPort is only bound on localhost.)

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