[tor-bugs] #8402 [Tor]: Tor should help its transport proxy use a proxy, if needed.

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#8402: Tor should help its transport proxy use a proxy, if needed.
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     Reporter:  asn      |      Owner:
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  needs_review
     Priority:  major    |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
    Component:  Tor      |    Version:
   Resolution:           |   Keywords:  tor-bridge pt flashproxy, tbb-
Actual Points:           |  needs, tbb-helpdesk-frequent, tbb-tor-
       Points:           |  backported-3.6.1
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Comment (by asn):

 So, should we do David's suggestion? I think we all agree that it's better
 than the informationless `PROXY DONE` message that we currently do.

 Yawning mentioned the problem that there are already versions of
 flashproxy/FTE/meek that implement the old proposal (only send `PROXY
 DONE`) and Tor would get confused if we changed that to `PROXY
 socks5://tor:test1234 at 198.51.100.1:8000`.

 Maybe we could change it to `PROXY DONE
 socks5://tor:test1234 at 198.51.100.1:8000` and treat the last part as
 optional but `SHOULD` do?

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