[tor-bugs] #22949 [Applications/Orbot]: Add some IP-HOST pair for meek use

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#22949: Add some IP-HOST pair for meek use
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks         |          Owner:  n8fr8
     Type:  enhancement         |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium              |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Orbot  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal              |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  meek                |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                      |         Points:
 Reviewer:                      |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by dcf):

 * keywords:   => meek
 * priority:  Very High => Medium
 * type:  defect => enhancement
 * severity:  Critical => Normal


Comment:

 I think that a local IP address database is unlikely to be implemented,
 for maintainability reasons. Also I'm not sure this is actually a common
 problem. Have you actually encountered it in practice, or are you just
 suggesting it as a possibility?

 [https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2016-June/041699.html
 meek-google hasn't worked for a year now]—were you only using
 www.google.com as an example, or are you actually using it for fronting
 somehow? Is there really a work network that blocks www.google.com by DNS?
 How would anyone get any work done?

 If you are on a network that actually is DNS-blocking the default front
 domain, you can try [[doc/meek#Howtochangethefrontdomain|changing the
 front domain]]. You can also try configuring a DNS server other than the
 default. If that doesn't work, you can also maintain your own local DNS
 database in /etc/hosts or similar. Or just use obfs4 in that case?

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