[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:  new
     Priority:  normal  |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:  tor-bridge pt flashproxy
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Comment (by yawning):

 I looked into implementing support for this and do not believe it will be
 difficult, but I think the proposal requires PT_MANAGED_TRANSPORT_VER
 bump.

 My rationale for this is when it is necessary for users to use a SOCKS
 proxy (in a heavily censored enviornment for instance), tor should fail
 without attempting to send traffic over the network instead of attempting
 a direct connection that will fail, and possibly bring the wrath of the IT
 department (or whatever) down on the user.

 Unless the version is bumped up, pyptlib/liballium will ignore this
 portion of the config protocol.

 Thoughts?  (Also if we are going to bump the version, are there any other
 things like this that should go into version 2 of the pt config protocol?)

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