[tor-bugs] #11354 [Obfsproxy]: Make obfsproxy more fork-friendly

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#11354: Make obfsproxy more fork-friendly
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 Reporter:  asn        |          Owner:  asn
     Type:  task       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:
Component:  Obfsproxy  |        Version:
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Parent ID:             |         Points:
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 PTs need to support a few PT interfaces. For example:
 a) The managed-mode PT configuration protocol
 b) SOCKS support (also support for proposal229)
 c) Extended ORPort (and eventually TransportControlPort)
 d) Proxy support to connect to proxies

 pyptlib can help with (a), but does nothing about the other points (e.g.
 check #7903).

 It has been suggested that instead of trying to fit those features in
 pyptlib, we instead implement them in obfsproxy, and suggest to people to
 use obfsproxy to developer their PTs.

 However, it is the case that obfsproxy is optimized for the "app that
 supports multiple PTs" use case, and not for the "app that can be forked
 to support your PT".

 If we get more people interested in writing PTs, it might make sense to
 start designing/fork obfsproxy with that use case in mind.

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