[tor-bugs] #10418 [Tor Launcher]: Make a "Use Default Bridges" Radio button in the Tor Launcher Bridge UI

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#10418: Make a "Use Default Bridges" Radio button in the Tor Launcher Bridge UI
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     Reporter:  mikeperry     |      Owner:  brade
         Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major         |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Launcher  |    Version:
   Resolution:                |   Keywords:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:18 mikeperry]:
 > dcf: What if we just didn't include flashproxy in the default bridge
 prefs? Also, is UPNP likely to remain off or insufficient? If so, should
 we just provide these instructions from BridgeDB, and require that
 flashproxy remain a custom bridge type only?

 Not including flash proxy in the default bridges is a good idea. I
 recommend it. Now that we know !LearnCircuitBuildTimeout is not needed,
 the only torrc changes needed to activate flash proxy are Bridge lines,
 and those can be edited in Tor Launcher. We can document how to do it in
 FlashProxyHowto.

 Putting instructions in BridgeDB may not make sense because you don't use
 BridgeDB with flash proxy. I guess if you think of a beginning user who
 doesn't know where to look, so they look at BridgeDB, it would make sense
 to include some instructions like "this may work for you if you turn it
 on." For people who don't need it, it's a lot of extra information though.

 I don't know whether tor-fw-helper is going to be turned on. I don't think
 I have any say in that. My guess is it would greatly increase the number
 of people who are able to use flash proxy automatically. I'm sure there
 will still be a lot of people (behind two NATs, behind institutional NATs)
 for whom it won't work. Activating flash proxy's support for port
 forwarding, assuming tor-fw-helper is included in the bundle, is a matter
 of adding an option to the !ClientTransportPlugin command line. It might
 be nice to build a test bundle including tor-fw-helper and ask people to
 test it.

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