[tor-bugs] #10802 [BridgeDB]: Getting bridges only for port 80, 443

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#10802: Getting bridges only for port 80,443
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     Reporter:  torland      |      Owner:  isis
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  BridgeDB     |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:  bridgedb-ui
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:
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Changes (by isis):

 * status:  new => assigned
 * owner:   => isis


Comment:

 So… the issue that sysrqb pointed out, if I understood correctly, was that
 if we add a little checkbox that says ''"I have a restrictive firewall
 which only allows ports 80 and/or 443!"'' and they also select a Pluggable
 Transport that might not have very many or any bridges running on those
 ports, e.g. obfs3, then the little checkbox won't work: the client will
 just get obfs3 bridges which are on random ports, not on port 443 or 80.

 Also, as sysrqb pointed out, the way that BridgeDB is currently configured
 (for all distributors, for all clients, for everything) is to try
 ''really'' hard to make sure that at least one of the bridges given to
 every client is on port 443. We could add a system-wide configuration that
 forces one of the other bridges to be on port 80, but this would mean that
 all the other bridges on random ports wouldn't get used as much.

 We now also have TBB default bridges (many of which should work for users
 behind fascist corporate firewalls).

 Because of all this, I'm not currently convinced that this ticket warrants
 the extra development and maintenance… but I might still be convinced.

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