[tor-bugs] #10629 [Pluggable transport]: PT spec changes for better interoperability with other projects

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#10629: PT spec changes for better interoperability with other projects
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 Reporter:  infinity0            |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement          |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal               |      Milestone:
Component:  Pluggable transport  |        Version:
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 I spoke with the i2p guys today and here are some of their suggestions for
 the PT spec. These would make it easier for them (and future other
 projects) to use Tor's PTs.

 - better spec documentation
   - less Tor jargon, split Tor-specific information into separate sections
 (e.g. Tor env vars)
   - some guidelines for non-Tor programs to use PTs
 - possibility of letting a single process to act as both a client
 (outgoing) and server (incoming).
 - flashproxy must allow client-specific remote endpoints (already as
 #10196)
 - better handling of per-endpoint config params, such as pubkeys (instead
 of current hack via SOCKS auth params)
 - SSL connection with user/pass to SOCKS client; currently we assume
 cleartext
   - (my own suggestion) allow unix domain sockets

 related: #7153

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