[tor-bugs] #23344 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Show country of temporary bridge used in snowflake just like with the obfs4 PT in the Torbutton

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#23344: Show country of temporary bridge used in snowflake just like with the obfs4
PT in the Torbutton
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks               |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  snowflake                 |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by yawning):

 Replying to [comment:3 cypherpunks]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 yawning]:
 > > This isn't possible with the current PT design as the only IP
 address/port information available to the browser (and the tor daemon for
 that matter) is the address that's supplied as part of the `Bridge` config
 directive (`0.0.3.0:1`).
 > >
 > > Changing this will require extending the PT interface with
 accompanying changes to the Tor control protocol in addition to the
 browser and snowflake client changes.
 >
 > So {{{probably-bad-idea}}} I assume? Should I close this ticket then if
 the costs of making this possible are too high for infinitesimal
 unnecessary results?

 I don't think it's a bad idea, because it's not.  I just wanted to
 document that it would be a lot of work touching multiple components, that
 isn't currently planned.

 The PT interface should handle designs where the `Bridge` directive is
 essentially meaningless better than it currently does, but PTs that work
 that way didn't exist till well after the PT design was done.  There's
 been a few attempts at redoing the PT interface to be "better", AFAIK none
 of the redesign efforts really addressed this either.

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