[tor-bugs] #19487 [Core Tor/Tor]: Meek and ReachableAddresses

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#19487: Meek and ReachableAddresses
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks                          |          Owner:  dcf
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.2.???
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.2.8.1-alpha
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  ipv6, bridges, pluggable-            |  Actual Points:
  transports, regression, 029-proposed,          |
  CoreTorTeam201609                              |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  0.2
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by teor):

 * keywords:   =>
     ipv6, bridges, pluggable-transports, regression, 029-proposed,
     CoreTorTeam201609
 * points:   => 0.2
 * component:  Obfuscation/meek => Core Tor/Tor
 * version:   => Tor: 0.2.8.1-alpha
 * milestone:   => Tor: 0.2.???


Comment:

 Tor can't know the actual address that a pluggable transport connects to,
 unless the pluggable transport tells it. And the pluggable transport
 protocol doesn't do that, as far as I know.

 So I believe the correct long-term fix here is for Tor to treat all
 bridges with transports like SOCKS or HTTP proxies, and warn when their
 addresses aren't reachable, but try anyway, rather than failing.

 Tor

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